
Director, Digital Compute & Power Optimization
Astera Labs
Posted about 5 hours ago
Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com.
Job Description
We are looking for a hands-on Digital Design Engineering Manager to drive high-speed connectivity solutions. You will build and lead a team responsible for delivering the micro-architecture and implementation of front-end digital design, including RTL development, synthesis, IP integration, and block-level verification for high-performance ASICs.
The ideal candidate should have strong experience with low-power design techniques and a solid understanding of SerDes DSP design, including equalizer optimization for power and area efficiency.
The candidate must also have a good knowledge of communication and interface protocols such as CXL/PCIe (Gen 3 and above), Ethernet, or DDR.
Basic qualifications:
- Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. A Bachelor’s degree in EE is required, and a Master’s degree is preferred.
- 10+ years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications.
- 5+ years’ experience managing a team of RTL design engineers.
- Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and work with minimal guidance and supervision.
- Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
- Authorized to work in Canada and start immediately.
Required experience:
- Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed DPSs and SerDes equilizers.
- Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed protocols like CXL/PCIe, Ethernet, or DDR.
- Proven front end design expertise – architecture, RTL, simulations, synthesis, timing closure, GLS, DFT etc.
- Experience with Cadence and/or Synopsys digital design tools/flows
- Experience with scripting and automation, with a strong methodology background.
- Good knowledge of design for test (DFT), stuck-at and transition scan test insertion
- Familiarity with UVM based design verification
- Silicon bring-up and debug expertise
- Small-geometry CMOS (≤28nm) design
Preferred experience:
- Firmware development with C-language, scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages.
- Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet Switch products.
The base salary range is CAD 200,000 – CAD 250,000. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
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