Principal CPU Microarchitect - RISC-V & AI Compute
Tenstorrent · Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, United States; Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Austin
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At a glance
Highlights
- Shape the CPU architecture at the heart of next-generation AI compute platform.
- Reimagine CPU core frontends to unlock efficiency and programmability gains.
- Co-design hardware and software to enable breakthrough general-purpose AI compute.
What they offer
- Highly competitive compensation package and benefits
Ideal candidate
Experienced CPU microarchitect passionate about AI compute who thrives on dissecting real workloads and co-designing hardware and software collaboratively to solve hard performance challenges.
Requirements
- 10+ years of deep expertise in CPU performance modeling and microarchitecture design
- Deeply familiar with computational and memory bottlenecks of modern AI workloads, particularly LLMs
- Driven to architect custom instruction set extensions and validate performance gains against real workloads
- Familiarity with open-source RISC-V cores
- AI-based agentic workflow experience
- hiring process
- Candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level during the interview process
Lab profile
About Tenstorrent
Builds high-performance RISC-V CPUs and AI accelerators with full-stack software for efficient AI computing.
What they build
- AI accelerators
- RISC-V CPUs
- AI software and compilers
Known for
- Custom RISC-V CPU development from scratch
- Full-stack AI hardware and software
- Performance, ease of use and cost efficiency
Key facts
- Founded in 2016
- Headquartered in Toronto, Canada
- Backed by Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group