# AI/ML Physical Design Flow Engineer

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities. Tenstorrent is seeking an Physical Design Engineer to lead cross-functional efforts to solve complex physical design challenges and develop end-to-end RTL-to-GDS methodologies across advanced nodes, with a strong focus on PPA and runtime improvements. The engineer will architect, integrate, and deploy AI/ML-driven solutions into production physical design flows, creating custom CAD tools and partnering with internal teams and EDA vendors to drive next-generation, ML-enabled capabilities. This role is hybrid, based out of Santa Clara, CA or Austin, TX or Fort Co

- **Id**: 3934062
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/tenstorrent-aiml-physical-design-flow-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Austin, United States, Fort Collins, United States, Santa Clara, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-04-03T18:56:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T06:17:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 225
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4452
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, AI Chips & Accelerators, Semiconductor IP & Chip Design Services

## Company

- **Id**: 48241
- **Name**: Tenstorrent
- **Domain**: tenstorrent.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/tenstorrent>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 68
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.397
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 75
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 100000
- **Max**: 500000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 500000

## Technologies

- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys Fusion Compiler** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 224

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T04:42:07Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 58 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 58

## Liveness

- **Score**: 19
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.664
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 225
- **Expected fill days**: 75
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 500000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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