Staff Technical Program Manager, Physical Design

This hybrid role is for a Technical Program Manager with a background in physical design.  Tenstorrent has simultaneous projects active in the pursuit of high-performance designs going into industry leading AI/ML& CPU  architectures. The person coming into this role will be active in the design of an AI/ML and CPU processor, serve as an externally facing representative of the team, help with project milestones and commitments, analyze deliverable dependencies, and help ensure cross-team alignment of priorities.

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.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, design, and manufacturing to execute on project objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, including chip architects, RTL design, and manufacturing teams to ensure design and manufacturing processes are aligned with project goals.
• Own the Physical Design Specification with versions for external clients, for internal stakeholders, and (the most detailed) for the PD Team
• Project management of design services partners
• Various aspects of client interface including direct retrieval of design collaterals, milestone tracking, and status updates
• Create, own and drive schedules for multiple chiplets

Experience & Qualifications:

• BS/MS/PhD in EE/ECE/CE/CS
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience with synthesis, place and route flows and tools
• Good familiarity with timing, EM/IR, power analysis, and physical verification
• Well organized
• Excellent communication skills
• Evidence for building and maintaining relationships with internal teams and external clients

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.

Due to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, Tenstorrent is required to ensure compliance with licensing regulations when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries that have been licensing conditions set  by the U.S. government.

Our engineering positions and certain engineering support positions require access to information, systems, or technologies that are subject to U.S. Export Control laws and regulations, please note that citizenship/permanent residency, asylee and refugee information and/or documentation will be required and considered as Tenstorrent moves through the employment process.

If a U.S. export license is required, employment will not begin until a license with acceptable conditions is granted by the U.S. government.  If a U.S. export license with acceptable conditions is not granted by the U.S. government, then the offer of employment will be rescinded.