Senior Engineer, Tenstorrent
AI Kernel
$100-500k
Next-generation computing company building computers for AI
Open for applications
Next-generation computing company building computers for AI
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$100-500k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To bring unique solutions to the problems facing AI and machine learning.
Role
Who you are
- Success in this role requires adaptability, strong system-level debugging skills, and the ability to bridge the gap between complex hardware IP and user-friendly software integration
- Experienced software engineer with a strong foundation in C/C++, system programming, and low-level software design
- Background in firmware, device drivers, embedded systems, or hardware-software co-design
- Skilled at navigating and troubleshooting complex, full-stack software environments
- Known for working effectively with cross-functional teams and external customers to resolve integration challenges
- Able to balance versatile, hands-on coding with high-level architectural problem-solving
What the job involves
- We are seeking an IP Software Generalist to develop and optimize the software stack for our IP customers, enabling them to successfully integrate our AI and RISC-V hardware into their systems
- In this role, you will build and support a versatile range of software components, from bare-metal firmware and drivers to system-level tools and APIs, ensuring a seamless customer experience
- You will partner closely with hardware engineering, IP delivery, customer support, and product teams to deliver robust, scalable, and high-performance software solutions tailored to diverse customer architectures
- Develop, optimize, and maintain software components for Tenstorrent’s hardware IP offerings
- Define and build reference software, SDKs, and toolchains to streamline the customer integration process
- Diagnose and resolve complex hardware/software interaction issues during customer bring-up and deployment
- Drive the creation of high-quality documentation, test suites, and integration guides for IP software deliverables
- Partner cross-functionally with hardware and architecture teams to ensure future IP designs are optimized for software usability
- What You Will Learn
- How to build and deploy robust software stacks for cutting-edge AI and RISC-V silicon IP
- How to drive successful hardware-software integration across a diverse range of customer environments and architectures
- Firsthand exposure to the complete silicon IP lifecycle, from initial bring-up to massive-scale customer deployment
Application process
- 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
Our take
Tenstorrent is a US- and Canada-based semiconductor startup specializing in processors for AI workloads. Rather than building gneral-purpose CPUs or GPus, the company develops custom chips and sofrware optimized for running moder AI models. As demand for AI accelerates, and as a global chip shortage reshapes the semiconductor industry, these trends have become strong tailwinds for Tenstorrent.
The company’s unique approach is to build for this future software, which it believes will be written at a higher level. Combining this with conditional computing, Tenstorrent supports a scalable distributed network approach that is analogous to a human brain.
While the market for specialized AI hardware is destined to be gigantic, the company has to compete with a plethora of hopeful startups (as well as major tech companies like NVIDIA and Qualcomm). That said, Tenstorrent boasts an excellent trajectory so far, with its latest moves including unveiling its high-end Wormhole AI processors, and a partnership with LG which will see the development of chips for "Affectionate Intelligence".
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Insights
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Dec 2024
$693m
SERIES D
Jun 2024
$300m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.3bn
Company HQ
Flemingdon Park, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Jim Keller
(CEO)Previously Senior VP of Silicon Engineering at Intel Corporation, VP of Autopilot Hardware Engineering at Tesla, Corporate VP and Chief Architect at AMD, and VP of Engineering at Apple.
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