Principal Digital Design Engineer

Astera Labs • San Jose, CA

14h

About The Position

As a Digital Designer in the DSP SerDes team, you will join a pivotal project to develop advanced high speed SerDes wireline and optical transceivers for AI systems.

Requirements

• Hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in digital design for high-speed DSP data path.
• Be proficient in coding System Verilog for complex design blocks.
• Have experience with EDA tools for Synthesis, Lint, CDC, and Prime Time.
• Have experience taking design blocks through the full design cycle, from micro-architecture to tapeout.
• Have experience with timing fixes, area and power optimizations, and resolving silicon issues.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in digital design for high speed data path in 100G+ PAM4 DSP SerDes
• Experience in designing PAM4 DSP blocks for FFE, DFE, MLSD, and digital timing recovery.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the responsible engineer for at least one critical design block, including architecture definition, design specifications, and RTL delivery.
• Code and deliver high-quality RTL to the PD and DV teams.
• Collaborate with the DSP Architecture team to define new features and suggest optimizations for power, latency, and performance.
• Work with the PD team to resolve timing violations, Spyglass warnings/errors, and CDC violations.
• Partner with the DV team to root-cause and fix design bugs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level