[Hiring] Staff CPU Microarchitect, Vector and Matrix Compute @Tenstorrent

Role Description

Tenstorrent is seeking an experienced CPU Architect/Micro-Architect to drive the next generation of high-performance RISC-V CPU Vector (RVV), Floating Point, and Matrix extensions. In this role, you will:

• Drive both the architecture and micro-architecture of compute execution units and subsystems.
• Enable the efficient execution of modern high-performance computing (HPC) and AI inference/training workloads.
• Translate HPC/AI workload requirements into scalable CPU architectures that optimize performance, power, and area (PPA).
• Work closely with architects, software teams, silicon designers, and external IP partners.
• Define next-generation compute architectures and shape how CPUs and HPC/AI workloads work together.

This role is remote, based out of North America. We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role.

Qualifications

• Passionate about designing next-generation compute architectures for AI, HPC, and large-scale datacenter systems.
• Experienced in CPU architecture with strong knowledge of AI acceleration, matrix math, floating point, and heterogeneous compute systems.
• Comfortable making architectural decisions across CPU cluster and subsystems.
• Collaborative technical leader who enjoys influencing cross-functional engineering teams.
• Curious and driven to solve challenging performance, scalability, and system architecture problems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in CPU design for high-performance computing and AI acceleration.
• Experience designing hardware for matrix floating-point computation, AI accelerators, vector processing, tensor engines, or machine learning workloads.
• Knowledge of CPU architecture, memory hierarchy, data movement, cache coherency, and interactions between CPUs and AI accelerators.
• Experience defining architectural specifications and leading cross-functional teams from concept through silicon implementation.
• Experience with RTL development with cutting edge AI frontier models.

Benefits

• Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets.
• Highly competitive compensation package and benefits.
• Equal opportunity employer.