Sr. Staff Engineer, RISC-V Software Workload Enablement

Tenstorrent develops high-performance AI platforms spanning software, compilers, networking, and RISC-V semiconductors. The Senior Staff/Principal Engineer will lead the porting and enablement of critical AI workloads to RISC-V architectures, optimize hardware for real-world application performance, and coordinate efforts across IT, DevOps, and AI teams.

Responsibilities:

• Driving AI hardware porting to RISC-V
• Lead the implementation of a compute migration to RISC-V through strategic IT and DevOps enablement
• Coordinating complex efforts across boundaries to ensure seamless workload transitions
• Mentor or grow a small engineering pod
• Shape the technical roadmap for how the industry adopts RISC-V for high-performance compute

Requirements:

• • Education: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• • Workload Expertise: Extensive experience in workload porting, DevOps engineering, or application enablement
• • Systems Fluency: Strong familiarity with CPU architectures and systems design, with a proven track record of troubleshooting and optimizing performance across new architectures
• • Leadership Qualities: Ability to coordinate across multiple technical teams and the potential to mentor or grow a small engineering pod
• • Execution Focus: A mindset geared toward technical delivery and methodology development rather than broad community networking
• • A Technical Catalyst: You thrive on the challenge of driving AI hardware porting to RISC-V and making complex software stacks run efficiently on new hardware
• • Systems Expert: You possess deep knowledge of system software, compilers, or low-level OS internals. You are an expert in ARM or x86 environments and are ready to apply those skills to the RISC-V frontier
• • A Project Driver: You have the technical authority to lead the implementation of a compute migration to RISC-V through strategic IT and DevOps enablement
• • Collaborative & Cross-Functional: You enjoy acting as the "technical glue" between IT, DevOps, and AI teams, coordinating complex efforts across boundaries to ensure seamless workload transitions
• • Architecture Agnostic: You are a systems thinker who understands how to bridge the gap between infrastructure and core silicon engineering
• This role is remote, based in the United States or Australia
• 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