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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.\nTenstorrent is looking for a Workload Performance Analysis Engineer to help shape the performance of our next-generation RISC-V CPUs across modern datacenter and agentic AI workloads. In this role, you’ll sit at the intersection of hardware and software, bringing real-world applications onto RISC-V platforms, characterizing their behavior, and using workload analysis to uncover opportunities for better CPU performance, efficiency, and scalability. You’ll work closely with CPU architects, RTL designers, software engineers, and compiler teams to understand how demanding workloads exercise the CPU and translate those insights into architectural improvements. From reducing large production workloads for performance modeling to correlating simulation results with hardware behavior, your work will directly influence CPU architecture and performance across cloud, enterprise, and emerging AI workloads.\nThis role is remote based out of North America.\nWe welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.\nWho You Are\nYou have a strong background in CPU performance analysis, workload characterization, or computer architecture, with experience connecting software behavior to hardware performance.\nYou understand modern CPU microarchitecture, including superscalar pipelines, speculative execution, memory hierarchies, and vector/SIMD architectures.\nYou enjoy digging into complex workloads, using profiling and simulation data to identify bottlenecks and turn analysis into actionable recommendations.\nYou’re comfortable working across hardware and software, from CPU microarchitecture and RTL to operating systems, compilers, runtimes, and applications.\nYou’re a strong technical communicator who enjoys collaborating with architects, designers, and software engineers on complex performance problems.\nWhat We Need\nPhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with strong research or industry experience in workload characterization, benchmark development, performance analysis, or simulation.\nDeep understanding of CPU architecture and RISC-V, including pipelines, speculative execution, vector/SIMD extensions, memory hierarchies, and performance tradeoffs.\nHands-on experience with performance analysis and simulation tools such as Linux perf, strace, QEMU, or CPU microarchitecture simulators.\nStrong programming skills in C/C++, Python, Bash/Shell, and assembly or intrinsic programming, with experience working close to the hardware/software boundary.\nStrong understanding of systems software, including operating systems, virtualization, compilers, runtimes, and GNU/RISC-V software ecosystems.\nWhat You Will Learn\nHow real-world datacenter and agentic AI workloads influence CPU microarchitecture and architectural decisions.\nHow to connect workload characterization and performance modeling to CPU design, RTL implementation, emulation, and silicon.\nHow hardware/software co-design can improve CPU throughput, scalability, and performance-per-watt efficiency.\nHow to analyze complex production workloads and reduce them into representative workloads and traces for architectural exploration.\nHow emerging RISC-V capabilities, cloud infrastructure, compiler technology, and AI software stacks are shaping the future of high-performance.\nCompensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. 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