Junior ASIC Design Engineer

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.

Role Overview

Astera Labs is establishing a strategic R&D center in Israel to drive the development of complex semiconductor chips that solve the critical 'data bottlenecks' enabling the future of AI at scale. As we expand our presence in Israel, we're seeking a talented Junior ASIC Design Engineer to help build our local engineering powerhouse from the ground up. This is an exciting opportunity to take on meaningful product ownership in a new site, designing the digital blocks that sit at the heart of our most ambitious connectivity projects.

As a Junior ASIC Design Engineer, you won't just build chips - you will be part of a team defining the next generation of AI infrastructure main components. The complex digital blocks under your micro-architecture and implementation responsibilities will power the world's largest AI clusters. You will own the journey from high-level definition through RTL implementation and backend support, transforming complex logic challenges into elegant, high-performance hardware. If you thrive on solving challenging problems in deep-submicron processes and want to contribute to the digital design foundation for AI infrastructure connectivity, this is your opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

Design Ownership & Implementation

Own the journey from high-level definition through micro-architecture, coding, and debug to backend implementation support

Tackle complex logic challenges and transform them into elegant, high-performance hardware solutions

Serve as the point of contact for your logic blocks, interacting with Architecture, Verification, and Backend teams

Quality Assurance & Design Optimization

Utilize industry-leading EDA tools (Lint, CDC, Synthesis, Timing, Power) and in-house quality assurance tools to ensure designs are robust, scalable, and power-efficient

Apply design techniques to meet PPA (Power, Performance, Area) targets

Contribute to design quality through verification and validation activities

Methodology Innovation & Collaboration

Participate in design methodology improvements and tool automation initiatives

Leverage AI assistance tools and contribute to in-house automation development to make engineering workflows faster and smarter

Collaborate effectively across teams to ensure seamless integration

Basic Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

Experience: 0–2 years of experience in logic design (relevant internships, university labs, or hands-on academic projects are highly valued).

Technical Skills:

Foundational knowledge of Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.

Strong understanding of digital design principles and fundamental RTL coding concepts.

Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills with a strong motivation to learn, adapt, and collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.

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