# Principal Electrical 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
- Pay: $185K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asteralabs/jobs/4731026005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astera-labs-principal-electrical-design-engineer/

## About the role

We are seeking a Principal Electrical Design Engineer to define and drive the architecture, design, and technical strategy for advanced board-level hardware across next-generation networking and high-performance connectivity platforms. This role encompasses complex hardware systems including chassis boards, NIC cards, PCIe Gen6 platforms, and 800G Ethernet products.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, advanced degree preferred
- 12+ years of progressive hardware design experience with deep expertise in board-level electrical engineering and demonstrated technical leadership across multiple product generations
- Extensive track record of architecting and delivering production hardware for server, networking, storage, or high-performance compute systems at scale
- Expert-level experience with high-speed SerDes-based systems supporting Ethernet, PCIe, or related protocols, deep hands-on experience with PCIe Gen5/Gen6 and 400G/800G Ethernet system design
- Expert understanding of signal integrity fundamentals including impedance control, differential pair routing, channel loss optimization, crosstalk mitigation, and layout review for high-speed interfaces
- Expert power integrity and PDN design knowledge including advanced sequencing, decoupling strategies, transient response optimization, and power architecture tradeoffs at system level

Tags: Hardware Engineering