Astera Labs
Digital Design Engineering Intern
San Jose, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
California - Education
- Enrollment in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. program in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
About the job
Contribute to a guided digital-design project by implementing and checking RTL for ASIC and digital hardware blocks, and preparing work for verification and physical-design handoff.
What you'll do
- Implement and review synthesizable Verilog or SystemVerilog RTL; translate block requirements into logic, state machines, datapaths, and interfaces.
- Create or improve simulations and checks, and run compile, elaboration, lint, CDC, and synthesis flows to identify issues.
- Collaborate across engineering teams and document design decisions, test results, and handoff information.
What they ask for
- Enrollment in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. program in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Coursework, research, or project experience in a relevant area such as digital logic, computer architecture, embedded systems, ASIC design, FPGA design, or hardware description languages.
- Programming or hardware-description-language experience with Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, C, C++, Python, or a comparable language.
- Familiarity with digital design concepts and Linux development environments, Git, command-line tools, debugging, and technical documentation.
Nice to have
- Experience writing synthesizable RTL, simulation testbenches, SystemVerilog assertions, or reusable design IP.
- Exposure to lint, CDC, synthesis, formal verification, timing, or other design-quality checks; familiarity with VCS, SpyGlass, Design Compiler, PrimeTime, or comparable EDA tools.
Pay
$35/hour to $55/hour (hourly rate); $500-per-week (housing/relocation stipend)
Tools
Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, C, C++, Python, Linux, Git
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