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Senior Digital Design Engineer

Astera Labs

San Jose · Posted Sep 28, 2026

At a glance

Location
San Jose

About the role

  • Astera Labs is seeking a Senior Digital Design Engineer to develop micro-architecture and implement front-end circuit design for high-performance network controllers.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's degree in EE is required
  • Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks
  • Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude
  • Authorized to work in the US and start immediately
  • Hands-on experience with high-speed protocols like PCIe, Ualink, Esun, Ethernet, etc.
  • Proven front end design skill – architecture, RTL, simulations and synthesis
  • Experience with Synopsys and/or Cadence digital design tools/flows
  • Knowledge of design for test (DFT)
  • Familiarity with UVM based design verification
  • Silicon bring-up and debug experience

Preferred qualifications

  • Master's degree in EE
  • Knowledge of communication/interface protocols such as PCI-Express (Gen-3 and above), Ualink, Esun, Ethernet etc.
  • Scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages
  • Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet Switch products

Skills

  • RTL
  • PCI-Express
  • Ualink
  • Esun
  • Ethernet
  • Synopsys
  • Cadence
  • DFT
  • UVM
  • Python

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