Astera Labs
Director, Product Line Management - Custom Silicon
$195K–$250K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 12+ years.
- Education
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Leads customer engagements and business strategy for custom silicon opportunities, guiding programs from initial concept through production.
What you'll do
- Own product and business strategy, roadmaps, and customer engagement models for the Custom Solutions portfolio.
- Build strategic customer relationships, translate customer requirements into custom silicon solutions, and lead roadmap and executive discussions.
- Develop business cases, pricing and commercial frameworks, and competitive positioning; influence cross-functional program execution through production ramp.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in semiconductor product management, product line management, technical marketing, applications engineering, business development, or a similar customer-facing technical leadership role.
- Experience leading custom silicon or advanced semiconductor products from concept through production.
- Experience with hyperscalers, AI companies, cloud service providers, or major system OEMs, and demonstrated success developing custom silicon opportunities and securing semiconductor design wins.
Nice to have
- Experience with custom ASICs, AI accelerators, networking, storage or memory silicon, SmartNICs, DPUs, XPUs, or other custom infrastructure silicon.
- Knowledge of chiplet architectures, HBM, advanced packaging, heterogeneous computing, or high-performance semiconductor design; MBA or advanced engineering degree.
Pay
$195,000 to $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
custom silicon, ASICs, AI accelerators, SmartNICs, DPUs, XPUs, CXL®, PCIe®
AI focus
Develops custom silicon solutions for AI infrastructure customers, including hyperscalers and AI companies.
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