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Engineer, SoC Infrastructure

Tenstorrent Santa Clara, California, United States Full-time SoC Posted May 20, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Tenstorrent

AI Chips & RISC-V · Toronto / Santa Clara

3.6
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3.5
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What employees love

  • Cutting-edge AI chip work under Jim Keller — rare opportunity in silicon design
  • Flat, flexible management with strong career growth opportunities rated 3.8/5

What could be better

  • Intense workload with aggressive roadmaps — work-life balance can suffer
  • Rapid scaling brings organizational chaos and communication challenges
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About the Role

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

At Tenstorrent, we believe computing should be open, fast, and built for real workloads. You will help run the Linux infrastructure behind silicon design and emulation workflows.

This role is hybrid, based out of Santa Clara, CA.

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.

Who You Are
  • Early-career engineer with experience in Linux infrastructure or adjacent systems work.
  • Comfortable with Linux administration across users, packages, services, and system settings.
  • Familiar with Python and Bash for automation, reporting, and operational tasks.
  • Clear communicator who documents issues and works well across engineering teams.
What We Need
  • Support Linux infrastructure for EDA and silicon design environments.
  • Help maintain schedulers such as LSF, Hero, SGE, or SLURM.
  • Install, support, and debug EDA tools in shared production environments.
  • Manage tool environments with Environment Modules or Lmod.
  • Monitor system health and help build dashboards and alerts.
What You Will Learn
  • How large-scale SoC infrastructure supports design, emulation, and debug workflows.
  • How to operate shared EDA environments across users, tools, and versions.
  • How schedulers, observability, and automation improve engineering throughput.
  • How infrastructure teams partner with silicon and design engineers.

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology. Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2). These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S. As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency. If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Tenstorrent?
Tenstorrent has a work-life balance score of 3.5/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is Tenstorrent’s culture like?
Tenstorrent is characterized by these culture values: eng-driven, ship-fast, learning. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 3.6/5. Cutting-edge AI chip work under Jim Keller — rare opportunity in silicon design
How many open roles does Tenstorrent have?
Tenstorrent currently has 123 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
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