Full-Time

Emulation Engineer

Posted on 5/1/2024

Astera Labs

Astera Labs

201-500 employees

Semiconductor connectivity solutions for AI and cloud

Hardware

Mid

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Required Skills
Verilog
Python
Perl
Requirements
  • Strong academic and technical background in computer/electrical engineering
  • Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science required, Master’s preferred
  • ≥3 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products
  • Experience with logic designers to architect, specify, and verify hardware-software interfaces on complex SoCs
  • Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize tasks and work with minimal guidance
  • Authorized to work in the US and start immediately
  • Experience with emulation and prototyping technologies like Palladium/Zebu/Veloce or Protium/EP/HAPS
  • Strong software skills in C/C++ for emulation
  • Experience with System Verilog
  • Experience in programming and scripting languages like python/perl
  • Currently based locally or open to relocation
Responsibilities
  • Contribute to ASIC bringup, architectural validation, performance testing
  • Drive SW architectural changes
  • Understand software and hardware co-simulation approaches and debug methods
  • Modeling for emulation and prototyping
  • Debugging SW/FW/bus protocols using emulation
  • Work with logic designers to architect, specify, and verify hardware-software interfaces on complex SoCs

Astera Labs specializes in semiconductor-based connectivity solutions, including PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet technologies, designed to optimize cloud and AI infrastructure by addressing performance bottlenecks in data-centric systems. Their purpose-built products enable high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects for compute, storage, and accelerator resources, as well as robust CXL and PCIe connectivity for GPUs, AI accelerators, and networking applications.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$739.4M

Headquarters

Santa Clara, California

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

25%

1 year growth

47%

2 year growth

124%