Tech Lead PCB Layout Engineer

About the Position

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.

At Astera Labs, we seek a motivated and experienced Tech Lead PCB Layout Engineer to work on our game-changing portfolio of connectivity products for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications. In this role, you will design complicated PCB layout across multiple fields including high-speed interfaces, power, high-density interconnect, etc. This position will be onsite.

Responsibilities

• Design complex PCB layouts for AI and ML applications.
• Work on high-speed differential pairs, RF, high-power, high-density interconnect (HDI), etc.
• Execute full PCB design process from feasibility study, to DFM and Gerber release.
• Achieve layout design for signal integrity, power integrity, DFT, and DFM.
• Collaborate with the electrical design community to develop systems.
• Solve problems independently, preferably as a tech lead.

Requirements

• Strong academic/technical background in electrical engineering or similar degree; Bachelor’s is required.
• 10+ years of experience designing top-tier complex PCB (40,000+ pins, 30+ layer count).
• Proficient in PCB designs with PCIe Gen5/6, Ethernet 112G/224G PAM4, and DDR4/5 applications.
• Proficient in advanced PCB technologies such as micro-vias, blind vias, any layer HDI, back-drilling, and sequential lamination, step gold finger, etc.
• Master EDA tools including Cadence Allegro, Polar SI9000, CAM350 or similar DFM inspection tools, and AutoCAD.
• Proficient in PCB design rules, constraint manager, checklist, etc.
• Possess decent speaking and written English skills.
• Familiar with PCB manufacture and PCB assembly process and capable of handling PCB/PCBA EQ.

We Offer

Your base salary will be determined based on your experience and the pay of employees in similar positions.

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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