Staff, Ethernet Validation Engineer

About

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.

Role Overview

This role sits at the intersection of embedded systems, silicon validation, and advanced networking. You'll work with best‑in‑class IP from leading vendors and in‑house designs, bringing up and validating these IPs in silicon, and building robust validation infrastructure that ensures performance, interoperability, and reliability at scale.

Location

This role is hybrid, based out of Toronto, Canada, Vancouver, Canada, Santa Clara, California or Austin, Texas.

Candidates

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

• Passionate about low‑level software that brings hardware to life—seeing it run on real systems never gets old.
• Drawn to complex, cross‑disciplinary problems at the intersection of hardware and software.
• Excited by high‑speed networking challenges like SerDes tuning, link training, and Ethernet MAC/PHY.
• Have pride in hands‑on debugging and working across teams to make systems fast, reliable, and ready for the real world.

What We Need

• A passion for breaking and fixing complex hardware‑software systems.
• Comfort with designing tests that push things to their limits: functional, performance, integration—you name it.
• Experience in lab work—system bring‑up, running experiments, and working with emulation tools.
• A love for writing firmware and scripts to automate testing, dig into issues, and keep things running smoothly.

What You Will Learn

• What it means to shape AI acceleration hardware from the ground up—starting at first principles.
• How to validate complex Ethernet IP from simulation all the way to production silicon.
• The mastery of collaborating with world‑class silicon, systems, and software teams to tackle frontier engineering challenges.
• How to define the networking architecture that will power the next era of AI platforms.

Compensation

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.

Benefits

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

Legal / Export Compliance

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.