# DFT 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. The role is Design for Test (DFT) for high-performance designs going into industry leading AI/ML architectures. The person coming into this role will be involved in all implementation aspects from RTL to tapeout for various IPs on the chip. High level challenges include reducing test cost while attaining high coverage, and facilitating debug and yield learnings while minimizing design intrusions. The work is done collaboratively with a group of highly experienced engineers across various domains of the ASIC. This role ishybrid, based out of Santa Clara, CA or Au

- **Id**: 3898559
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/tenstorrent-dft-engineer-2>
- **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**: 2026-11-06T20:16:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T17:00:32Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4440
- **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**: 70
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.4
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 75
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

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

## Technologies

- **Synopsys VCS** — Optional: no
- **Synopsys Verdi** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **UVM** — Optional: no
- **Verilog** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T23:51:54Z

## 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**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 75
- **Reasons**: conf:1, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

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

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