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Principal Physical Design Engineer

Astera Labs

Ahmedabad, Gujarat · Ahmedabad · Posted Oct 12, 2026

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Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat · Ahmedabad

About the role

  • Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Physical Design Engineer to support or develop complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications.
  • The role involves full chip or block level ownership from architecture to GDSII, driving multiple complex designs to production.

Responsibilities

  • Prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and work with minimal guidance and supervision
  • Drive multiple complex designs to production with full chip or block level ownership from architecture to GDSII

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in EE / Computer
  • ≥8 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications
  • Hands-on and thorough knowledge of synthesis, place and route, CTS, extraction timing analysis/STA, Physical Verification and other backend tools and methodologies for technologies 16nm or less, preferably 7nm or less
  • Proven expertise in synthesis, timing closure and formal verification (equivalence) at the block and full-chip level
  • Full chip or block level ownership from architecture to GDSII, driving multiple complex designs to production
  • Experience with Cadence and/or Synopsys physical design tools/flows
  • Familiarity and working knowledge of System Verilog/Verilog
  • Experience with DFT tools and techniques
  • Experience in working with IP vendors for both RTL and hard-mac blocks
  • Good scripting skills in python or Perl

Preferred qualifications

  • A Master's degree in EE / Computer
  • Good knowledge of design for test (DFT), stuck-at and transition scan test insertion
  • Familiarity with DFT test coverage and debug
  • Familiarity with ECO methodologies and tools

Skills

  • System Verilog
  • Verilog
  • Python
  • Perl
  • Cadence
  • Synopsys

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