Automotive and Robotics SOC Architect

About the role

As an Automotive and Robotics SoC Architect, you will define scalable, top-down system architectures that unify our CPU and AI technologies for next-generation automotive applications. This senior technical role shapes the architectural direction of our automotive and robotics portfolio, ensuring our products meet the industry's highest expectations for performance, safety, reliability, and security. This position is central to how Tenstorrent delivers world-class automotive solutions and requires strong technical leadership, systems thinking, and cross-functional collaboration. The role is remote, based out of North America, and open to candidates at various experience levels.

Responsibilities

• Architect complex SoCs from concept to execution for automotive and robotics applications.
• Articulate technical direction across engineering teams and external partners.
• Ensure designs meet safety-critical standards and automotive environment requirements.
• Identify future use cases and propose next-generation architectural solutions.
• Collaborate in a highly technical, cross-functional, and fast-moving environment.
• Travel internationally up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience designing complex SoCs, ideally in automotive applications.
• Proficiency in hardware description languages such as Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with hardware/software co-design and co-verification.
• Knowledge of automotive safety standards (e.g., ISO 26262) and security principles.
• Experience with cameras, sensors, and related technologies is a plus.

What You Will Learn

• How cutting-edge CPU and AI architectures are adapted for automotive-grade environments.
• Best-in-class methodologies for safety-critical SoC design, verification, and system integration.
• How to translate emerging automotive use cases into scalable, future-proof SoC architectures.
• Approaches to hardware-level security, robustness, and cyber-resilience in automotive compute systems.
• Cross-functional collaboration strategies that drive innovation across architecture, software, DV, and product teams.

Pay

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k to $500k, including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background, and location all impact the actual offer made.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export-controlled technology.