Tenstorrent
Physical Design Engineer - STA
$100K–$500K
Austin, Texas, United States +3 · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2025
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Santa Clara, California, United States
Santa Clara, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of industry experience; candidates at various experience levels are welcome, with level assessed during interviews.
- Visa sponsorship
- Employment is contingent on eligibility to access U.S. export-controlled technology. Depending on citizenship or permanent residency status, employment may require prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency.
About the job
Drives static timing analysis and closure for high-performance silicon designs, collaborating across teams to debug constraints, optimize paths, and meet performance targets.
What you'll do
- Perform STA and timing closure across corners and modes, including noise, crosstalk, and OCV analysis.
- Debug SDC constraints, create ECOs, and develop timing-closure strategies.
- Build scripts and methodologies to automate and improve timing-closure workflows.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of industry experience and a proven record of successful tapeouts.
- Deep knowledge of STA tools and techniques, including noise, crosstalk, and OCV analysis.
- Proficiency in writing and debugging SDC constraints, creating ECOs, and developing closure strategies.
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Perl, and TCL.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with SPICE modeling and worst-case corner analysis.
Pay
$100k - $500k (base and variable compensation targets; total compensation)
Tools
STA, SDC, Python, Perl, TCL, SPICE
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