Physical Design Methodology Engineer, AI HW IP

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 build and scale EDA automation for AI accelerators and high-performance CPUs on advanced FinFET/GAA nodes.
• ML-driven flow optimization and custom CAD development at production scale.
• How to influence EDA vendor roadmaps through direct technical partnership.
• How multi-variant, multi-foundry IP delivery works, and how flow readiness moves customer commit dates.

What they're looking for

• A physical design or CAD methodology engineer who has built flows that production teams depend on daily.
• Automation-minded, happiest when you are removing manual steps and making PPA exploration repeatable.
• Building with AI as part of how you develop flows, and opinionated about where LLMs and ML-driven optimization genuinely help versus where they do not.
• An effective partner to design teams and EDA vendors, and a clear writer who documents flows well enough that others can run them without you.

Tech stack

• Python