SOC Emulation Engineer - Hardware Emulation Infrastructure
Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations and ease of use. They are seeking a junior-to-mid level SOC Emulation Engineer to support their hardware emulation infrastructure and internal chip design teams, focusing on integrating hardware transactors and developing Python-based test frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Ability to integrate vendor and custom transactors into RTL testbenches while handling clock domain and tri-state resolution
- Experience building Python APIs (using pybind11) and maintaining CMake-based compilation flows for emulation libraries
- Solid understanding of standard chip interfaces, bus protocols, and hardware synchronization (resets/clocking)
- A commitment to triaging and debugging the full stack, spanning from Python tests and C++ bindings down to hardware
Skills
- Background in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science with 1-3 years of experience in chip design, verification, or emulation
- Proficient in Python for automation and test development, with a working knowledge of C++ and the ability to navigate SystemVerilog RTL
- Skilled at using modern AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) to accelerate code generation, debugging, and documentation analysis
- Energetic about supporting diverse teams, from high-level software to low-level firmware, to solve complex runtime and build issues
- Ability to integrate vendor and custom transactors into RTL testbenches while handling clock domain and tri-state resolution
- Experience building Python APIs (using pybind11) and maintaining CMake-based compilation flows for emulation libraries
- Solid understanding of standard chip interfaces, bus protocols, and hardware synchronization (resets/clocking)
- A commitment to triaging and debugging the full stack, spanning from Python tests and C++ bindings down to hardware
Benefits
- Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits
- We are an equal opportunity employer
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