Astera Labs
Principal Verification Engineer
$185K–$230K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 8+ years of experience in SoC verification, particularly for server and networking applications.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Master’s preferred).
About the job
Leads end-to-end functional verification for advanced ASICs and SoCs used in server and networking applications.
What you'll do
- Plan, develop, execute, and analyze verification tests and coverage for ASICs and SoCs.
- Collaborate with software, system validation, and RTL teams to run emulation tests and resolve design issues.
- Drive verification strategy and methodology, debug failures, and close functional coverage gaps.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Expertise in SystemVerilog/UVM and hands-on experience across the full verification lifecycle.
- Proficiency with industry-standard simulators, version control, and regression systems.
- Familiarity with switching architectures, including packet processing and forwarding engines.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
- Experience with third-party Verification IP for PCIe, Ethernet, or InfiniBand; NoC architectures; switching and central buffer architectures; or emulation and hardware-software co-verification.
Pay
$185,000 to $230,000 (base salary)
Tools
SystemVerilog, UVM, C/C++, Python, PCIe, Ethernet, InfiniBand, NoC
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