
Staff Physical Design Engineer
On-site
Fresh
Staff / Principal
Silicon: Physical Design
Compensation
Salary undisclosedDescription
As part of our Physical Design team, you will work on high-performance designs alongside world-class engineers, covering everything from synthesis to tapeout across various IP blocks.
This role is hybrid, based out of Bangalore.
We’re looking for experienced professionals with hands-on expertise in physical design. Your role and offer will align with the experience demonstrated during interviews, which may differ from the level in this posting.
Who You Are
- You enjoy solving complex timing, power, and layout problems at advanced nodes.
- You’ve worked on multiple chip tapeouts and understand physical design flows end-to-end.
- You’re comfortable using tools like Innovus, Primetime, and RedHawk.
- You like working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality silicon.
What We Need
- 4-8 yrs of experience,Take ownership of blocks from synthesis to sign-off: floorplanning, PnR, clocking, and optimization.
- Define physical design needs in collaboration with front-end and architecture teams.
- Coordinate with foundry partners, IP vendors, and design services during integration.
- Improve design quality and drive area, power, and performance improvements through flow tuning and RTL experiments.
What You Will Learn
- How high-performance CPU/SOC and AI chips are built at leading-edge technology nodes.
- Techniques to push the limits of performance, power, and area in real silicon.
- How front-end, back-end, and validation teams work together to ship a product.
- Ways to evolve implementation workflows and improve team efficiency.
Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.
- Posted
- Sep 28, 2026
- Last seen
- Sep 28, 2026
- First seen
- Sep 28, 2026


