Staff ASIC STA Engineer

About the Position

Join Tensordyne as a Staff ASIC STA Engineer to lead physical STA design for multimodal generative AI inference acceleration products.

About Our Company - Tensordyne

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world. Tensordyne is an AI system solution company that builds very high-performance, low-power generative AI inference systems. Our mission is to enable multimodal Generative AI inference acceleration at scale, with safe, sustainable, high-performance systems for our hyperscaler and neocloud data center customers. We are at the leading edge of advancing the latest research and product improvements for generative AI inference solutions that will make AI even more advantageous for compelling new generative AI applications.

Tensordyne is a well-funded, fast-paced startup company with headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA, and Munich, Germany. We also have many talented team members working remotely across North America and Europe. We take care of our people and their families with comprehensive benefits, competitive compensation, flexible spending options, and associated programs, because building category-defining technology starts with a healthy, supported team.

Responsibilities

• Lead ASIC physical STA design and associated engineering workflow development for Tensordyne’s multimodal generative AI inference acceleration products.
• Guide and assist colleagues to improve frontend physical design with respect to STA at both the block level and full-chip within a fast-paced, agile HPC development environment.
• Drive Tensordyne’s optimization, implementation, and timing exploration workflows (includes hierarchical STA, timing analysis, clock analysis) and technologies for the full ASIC chip STA flow.
• Work closely with ASIC team members to understand and improve their workflows and EDA needs.

Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on ASIC engineering experience, including deep knowledge of VLSI/SoC chip physical design workflows, with EDA tools like Cadence/Synopsys PrimeTime/Tempus, clock methodology, and development of hierarchical constraints.
• Strong physical design knowledge for STA analysis and ability to write SDCs for high-speed IP interfaces such as PCIe, SerDes, and other multi-clock domain blocks.
• Experience leading and supporting backend design teams with understanding of STA timing issues, clock trees, routing, and timing ECO generation for block level and full chip level.
• Understanding of Genus/Innovus tool usage with respect to STA.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal interpersonal skills along with an ability to productively collaborate within a global engineering team.
• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.

We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Flexible spending options
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

Tensordyne's culture was built on the following values:

• Put people first. We only succeed when our people succeed.
• Ethics and integrity always. Being open, honest, and respectful of everyone.
• Think Big. Be ambitious and have audacious goals.
• Aim for excellence. Quality and excellence count in everything we do.
• Own it and get it done. Results matter!
• Make each person better together, than they would be as an individual.
• Embrace each other’s differences, and embrace that there will be differences.

Tensordyne is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that a diverse team is better at tackling complex problems and coming up with innovative solutions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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