Astera Labs
Product Technical Chip Lead, Senior Director
$260K–$295K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Apr 9, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 15+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads end-to-end technical execution and product lifecycle ownership for next-generation UALink switching chips, aligning engineering teams from architecture through tapeout, validation, and customer enablement.
What you'll do
- Own product technical lifecycle, including architecture assumptions, design integration, validation strategy, readiness, and customer enablement.
- Drive chip development from RTL to GDSII, including tapeout, signoff, and chip quality.
- Align cross-functional teams, resolve risks and dependencies, and establish scalable processes and engineering practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 15+ years of experience across architecture, silicon design, validation, systems, or related domains.
- Track record developing large-scale chips (300mm²+) through successful tapeout, with hands-on 2.5D/3D advanced packaging and chiplet architecture experience.
- Strong understanding of RTL design, design verification, DFT, and physical design flows; experience with high-speed serial interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, or switching architectures.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Experience with UALink, UCIe, PCIe Gen5/Gen6/Gen7, Ethernet switching architectures, advanced process nodes, power management, clocking, high-speed analog integration, or fast-growing startups or hyperscale environments.
Pay
USD 260,000 to USD 295,000 base salary
Tools
UALink, UCIe, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, Ethernet, RTL, GDSII, DFT, 2.5D/3D advanced packaging
AI focus
Develops UALink switching products that support rack-scale AI and hyperscale data centers.
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