Principal Emulation Engineer

About the role

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. The Principal Emulation Engineer will have hands-on experience verifying protocols on complex ASICs and experience with or interest in emulation. The ideal candidate would be at ease creating environments to enable verification teams to stress test ASICs, as well as debugging design, environment, transactor, and code issues.

Responsibilities

• Support or develop complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, or Networking applications.
• Work with logic designers to architect, specify, and verify hardware-software interfaces on complex SoCs.
• Prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks and work with minimal guidance and supervision.
• Debug design, environment, transactor, and code issues in emulation environments.

Requirements

• Strong academic and technical background in computer/electrical engineering; at a minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science is required (Master’s preferred).
• 8+ years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products.
• Working knowledge of PCIe (Gen-3 and above), Ethernet, DDR, SPI, I2C/I3C, or similar protocols.
• High level of proficiency in System Verilog and verification environments.
• Experience understanding software and hardware co-simulation limitations and debug methods.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages (e.g., Perl, Python, C).
• Authorized to work in the US and available to start immediately.
• Currently based locally or open to relocation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in emulation and prototyping technologies like Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, or HAPS and FPGA prototyping.
• Experience in modeling for emulation and prototyping, and/or non-UVM environments.

Pay

The base salary range is $209,000.00 – $230,000.00 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.

Additional Information

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.