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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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