
Sr. Engineer, Ethernet Validation
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.
This role sits at the intersection of embedded systems, silicon validation, and advanced networking. You'll work with best-in-class IP from leading vendors and in-house designs, bringing up and validating these IPs in silicon, and building robust validation infrastructure that ensures performance, interoperability, and reliability at scale.
This role is hybrid and based in one of the following locations: Toronto, Canada; Vancouver, Canada; New Taipei City, Taiwan; Pangyo, South Korea; or Santa Clara, California.
We 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.
Who You Are
- Excited to help build the backbone of AI hardware and work close to the system's core.
- Energized by high-speed networking challenges—Ethernet MAC/PHY, SerDes tuning, link training.
- Skilled in writing low-level C/C++ and debugging cross-layer issues, both in the lab and in code.
- Proud to make complex systems run smoothly by collaborating across firmware, silicon, and software.
What We Need
- A passion for breaking and fixing complex hardware-software systems.
- Comfort with designing tests that push things to their limits: functional, performance, integration—you name it.
- Experience in lab work—system bring-up, running experiments, and working with emulation tools.
- A love for writing firmware and scripts to automate testing, dig into issues, and keep things running smoothly.
What You Will Learn
- What it means to shape AI acceleration hardware from the ground up—starting at first principles.
- How to validate complex Ethernet IP from simulation all the way to production silicon.
- What is like to collaborate with world-class silicon, systems, and software teams to tackle frontier engineering challenges.
- How to define the networking architecture that will power the next era of AI platforms.
Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.
Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.
Due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, Tenstorrent is required to ensure compliance with licensing regulations when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries that have been licensing conditions set by the U.S. government.
Our engineering positions and certain engineering support positions require access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency, asylee and refugee information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process.
If a U.S. export license is required, employment will not begin until a license with acceptable conditions is granted by the U.S. government. If a U.S. export license with acceptable conditions is not granted by the U.S. government, then the offer of employment will be rescinded.
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