Drimva

Astera Labs

Formal Verification and RTL Design Software Engineer

$160K–$200K

San Jose, California, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026

Location
San Jose, California, United States
California
Experience
4–10 years of industry software engineering experience, with direct exposure to RTL design, static/lint verification, or formal verification.
Education
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Develops and deploys AI-powered tools and agents to accelerate RTL and physical design, verification, and related engineering workflows.

What you'll do

  • Build LLM-powered assistants and multi-agent solutions for RTL checking and optimization, bug triage, formal verification, and report analysis.
  • Integrate AI tools with existing CAD/EDA flows and maintain design databases and dashboards.
  • Work with RTL design, DV, formal verification, and CAD/EDA teams to turn workflow needs into AI-assisted tools.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 4–10 years of industry software engineering experience with direct exposure to RTL design, static/lint verification, or formal verification.
  • Proficiency in Python and strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and software engineering practices.
  • Experience with LLMs, including fine-tuning, multi-agent systems, RAG pipelines, and vector databases.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Verilog/SystemVerilog and formal/static verification tools such as JasperGold or VC Formal.
  • Experience applying AI/ML to EDA or CAD problems, or with version control, testing, CI/CD, formal properties, SVA, or static timing/lint tools.

Pay

USD 160,500 to USD 200,000 base salary

Tools

Python, LLMs, RAG, vector databases, Verilog, SystemVerilog, JasperGold, VC Formal

AI focus

Develops and deploys LLM-based applications, agents, assistants, and retrieval systems for RTL and physical design, verification, static analysis, and CAD/EDA workflows.

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