# Principal Digital Design Engineer at Astera Labs

- Company: Astera Labs
- What the company does: Astera Labs: Purpose-Built Connectivity for Rack-Scale AI.
- Company website: https://www.asteralabs.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-29
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asteralabs/jobs/4732863005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astera-labs-principal-digital-design-engineer/

## About the role

The base salary range is $185,000.00 USD – $230,000.00 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

## What they're looking for

- Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. A Bachelor’s degree in EE is required, and a Master’s degree is preferred
- +8 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Switch ASIC, Networking applications and/or Server, Storage
- Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and work with minimal guidance and supervision
- Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
- Authorized to work in the US and start immediately
- Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed protocols like PCIe, Ualink, Esun, Ethernet, etc

Tags: Design Engineering CCE1