CPU Microarchitect, Vector and Matrix Compute - Santa Clara, California, United States
$100,000 - $500,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 10 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves driving the architecture and micro-architecture of compute execution units and subsystems to enable efficient execution of modern high-performance computing (HPC) and AI inference/training workloads.
What you'll do
- Drive architecture and micro-architecture for compute execution units and subsystems.
- Translate HPC/AI workload requirements into scalable CPU architectures.
- Optimize performance, power, and area (PPA).
- Work with architects, software teams, silicon designers, and external IP partners.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in CPU design for high-performance computing and AI acceleration.
- Experience designing hardware for matrix floating-point computation, AI accelerators, vector processing, tensor engines, or machine learning workloads.
- Knowledge of CPU architecture, memory hierarchy, data movement, cache coherency, and interactions between CPUs and AI accelerators.
- Experience defining architectural specifications and leading cross-functional teams from concept through silicon implementation.
- Experience with RTL development.
This role has been open 68 days — slightly above the 61-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1024
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Tenstorrent | All employers we track in this specialty (1024 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 1024 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 28 | 3202 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 106 d | 61 d (+45 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 140 open roles · median 63 d
- Synopsys · 86 open roles · median 31 d
- AMD · 71 open roles · median 37 d
- Analog Devices · 47 open roles · median 49 d
- NVIDIA · 44 open roles · median 59 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 42 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 1024 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.