Astera Labs
Principal Emulation Engineer
$207K–$230K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 8–12 years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Builds and operates ASIC/SoC emulation environments to validate hardware-software interactions, high-speed protocols, and system behavior before silicon.
What you'll do
- Architect, integrate, and maintain emulation environments, models, and repeatable validation workflows.
- Verify and debug hardware-software interfaces and protocols across complex server, storage, and networking systems.
- Lead cross-functional debug and risk resolution across design, verification, firmware, software, and emulation infrastructure.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 8–12 years of experience supporting or developing complex SoC or silicon products for server, storage, or networking applications.
- Experience architecting, specifying, and verifying hardware-software interfaces on complex SoCs; working knowledge of relevant communication protocols.
- High proficiency in SystemVerilog and hardware verification environments; experience with co-simulation debug and programming or scripting in Python, Perl, C, or similar languages.
- Authorized to work in the United States and available to start immediately.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in a related technical field.
- Hands-on emulation or prototyping experience, such as Palladium, Zebu, Veloce, HAPS, or FPGA prototyping; experience with models, non-UVM environments, transactors, drivers, or system-level validation.
Pay
$207,000 to $230,000 (base salary)
Tools
SystemVerilog, Python, Perl, C, PCI Express Gen 3, CXL, UALink, Ethernet
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