Physical Design Engineer, PnR

Job summary

Responsibilities

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

• How to implement and close AI SoC partitions end-to-end, including power intent, timing, and physical signoff in a modern Synopsys-based flow.
• Deeper expertise across signoff domains: EM/IR, DRC/LVS, logical equivalence (LEC/Formality), and CDC-aware implementation on meaningful production blocks.
• Practical integration of analog/mixed-signal macros (PLL/DLL), DFT features (OCC/MBIST), and SoC interface IP within advanced physical design flows and collaborative tapeout…

What they're looking for

• Experienced with synthesis and place-and-route flows, especially using Synopsys Design Compiler / Fusion Compiler and IC Compiler II.
• Comfortable in a small, cross-functional physical design team, owning a block or subsystem and partnering on tapeout milestones with clear communication and accountability.
• Ideally bring extra depth in areas such as UPF/multi-voltage power domains, SoC interface IP integration (e.g.