Senior Staff Hardware Design Engineer, Tensordyne
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Next-generation AI inference systems
Open for applications
Next-generation AI inference systems
101-200 employees
Open for applications
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build AI math, chips, hardware, and software from the zeroth layer up, rewriting the numbers so intelligence flows with a fraction of today's energy and cost.
Role
Who you are
- B.S. degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
- 10+ years of hardware engineering and experience with product-cycle aspects therein
- Hands-on experience in all aspects of schematic capture, PCB design, as well as understanding signal integrity, mechanical and thermal design areas
- Experience in part selection, AVL management and working with manufacturing operations teams
- Solid understanding of CPU subsystems and modern power subsystem designs as well as expertise in HW bringup
- Previous involvement in representing engineering considerations in contract manufacturing relationships
- Demonstrable experience with EVT, DVT, PVT testing and certification processes is a plus
- Self-starter and highly-motivated to work in a dynamic start-up environment
What the job involves
- To keep pace in this exciting, multi-disciplinary field, we’re looking for a Sr Staff Hardware Design Engineer
- You will be in a unique position to have ownership of a wide-ranging list of hardware system development aspects, including schematics, PCB layout and mechanical design, component selection and collaborating with operations in AVL management, EVT/DVT/PVT testing and certification
- You will also have an opportunity to make an impact on design and bringup of development systems, reference platforms and volume products
- This hands-on multi-disciplinary role provides a unique opportunity to interact directly with ASIC, software, product and operations teams to gather necessary requirements and specifications, and develop industry-leading AI Inference HW products
- Own multiple aspects of hardware system engineering of Tensordyne’s flagship AI products
- Gather requirements and specifications from engineering, product and operations teams for planning and implementing all hardware system deliverables, from lab bringup artifacts to shipping products
- Hands on responsibility for the schematic capture, PCB design and other aspects of the hardware system around a complex custom AI ASIC
- Plan for Compliance, Validation and FMEA Analysis for products
- Drive hardware parts selection and vendor qualification processes in collaboration with manufacturing operations
Our take
The AI industry is growing fast, but it's also running into a big problem: power. LLMs need huge amounts of energy, adn the more compute you add, the higher the costs and technical challenges. Hyperscalers, cloud providers, and AI startups all face the same question, how to scale AI efficiently without wasting power. And the search for smarter, more efficient solutions is becoming critical.
Tensordyne, formerly Recogni, began as a maker of automotive edge chips but quickly pivoted to focus on data center AI. The team realized that the future of AI would be defined by large-scale inference, where efficiency and scalability matter most. Their approach goes beyond hardware tweaks, using a logarithmic math system that slashes energy use while improving accuracy, making AI faster, cheaper, and more sustainable.
LLMs and data center AI are consuming massive amounts of power, and this is becoming a real concern. Tensordyne's efficient hardware and innovative logarithmic math can cut energy use drastically while keeping performance high, helping ensure AI can grow sustainably without overloading costs or the environment.
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Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$102m
SERIES C
Feb 2021
$48.9m
SERIES B
Total funding: $175.9m
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
RK Anand
(Co-Founder & CPO)RK comes from a Computer Engineering background and has gained extensive experience in managing and founding multiple technology enterprises.
Marc Bolitho
(CEO)Marc previously spent over 6 years at ZF Group in various roles, including Senior VP and GM of ADAS Business Unit. Prior to that, he spent nearly 22 years at TRW Automotive in roles including Chief Engineer and GM and Engineering DIrector of Global Passive Safety Electronics.
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