Astera Labs
Principal Electrical Design Engineer
$185K–$240K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 12+ years of progressive hardware design experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field; advanced degree preferred.
About the job
Leads architecture, design, validation, and technical strategy for board-level hardware across next-generation networking and high-performance connectivity platforms.
What you'll do
- Define board architecture, technical roadmaps, design standards, and power-delivery strategies across product lines.
- Own and review complex PCB designs; lead bring-up, validation, debug, and corrective-action efforts.
- Influence cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and guide hardware programs from concept through production.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
- 12+ years of progressive hardware design experience, with board-level expertise and technical leadership across multiple product generations.
- Production hardware architecture and delivery experience for server, networking, storage, or high-performance compute systems; hands-on PCIe Gen5/Gen6 and 400G/800G Ethernet design experience.
- Expert signal- and power-integrity knowledge, mastery of tools such as Cadence Allegro or OrCAD, and a track record leading hardware bring-up and debug.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree; experience with NIC or accelerator cards, server chassis, 800G Ethernet or 1.6T interfaces, retimers, compliance, production ramps, or roadmap strategy.
- Python or similar scripting and automation proficiency.
Pay
$185,000 - $240,000 USD base salary
Tools
Ethernet, PCIe Gen5/Gen6, 400G/800G Ethernet, Cadence Allegro, OrCAD, I2C, SPI, Python
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