Astera Labs
Hardware Design Engineer Intern
San Jose, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
California - Experience
- Hands-on electrical-design experience; no number of years specified.
- Education
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Supports electrical design, PCB development, board bring-up, debugging, and documentation for hardware platforms used to develop and validate connectivity products.
What you'll do
- Create and review schematics, evaluate components, and support PCB placement, routing, and design-quality checks.
- Assist with laboratory board bring-up, debugging, and characterization; investigate board-level issues with cross-functional teams.
- Prepare design-release documentation and present internship results and learnings.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Coursework or project experience in relevant areas such as circuits, electronics, digital design, signal analysis, power electronics, or PCB design.
- Hands-on electrical-design experience through coursework, research, personal projects, design teams, or a prior internship.
- Familiarity with schematic capture, component selection, PCB concepts, or basic design reviews.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with OrCAD Capture or Cadence Allegro tools.
- Exposure to high-speed digital interfaces, signal-integrity or power-integrity concepts, or lab measurement equipment.
Tools
OrCAD, OrCAD Capture, Cadence Allegro, PCIe, Ethernet, CXL, Python, MATLAB
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