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.
We are seeking talented Design Verification Professionals with proven expertise in industry-standard protocols such as PCIe and CXL. You will play a key role in the functional verification of designs, from developing block-level and system-level verification plans to writing test sequences, executing tests, and collecting and closing coverage.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute block-level and system-level verification plans.
- Write and execute test sequences and collect and close coverage.
- Collaborate with RTL designers to debug failures and refine verification processes.
- Utilize coding and protocol expertise to contribute to functional verification.
- Develop user-controlled random constraints in transaction-based verification methodologies.
- Write assertions, cover properties, and analyze coverage data.
- Create VIP abstraction layers for sequences to simplify and scale verification deployments.
Basic Qualifications:
- Minimum of 12 years’ experience in supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for server, storage, and/or networking applications.
- Strong academic and technical background in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (bachelor’s degree required, master’s preferred).
- Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize tasks, prepare for customer meetings, and work independently with minimal guidance.
- Knowledge of industry-standard simulators, revision control systems, and regression systems.
- Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and a can-do attitude, with a focus on customer satisfaction.
Required Experience:
- Interpreting PCIe/CXL standard protocol specifications to develop and execute verification plans in simulation environments.
- Experience using Verification IPs from third-party vendors for PCIe/CXL, focusing on Gen3 or above.
- Ability to independently develop test plans and sequences in UVM to generate stimuli.
- Experience writing assertions, cover properties, and analyzing coverage data.
- Developing VIP abstraction layers for sequences to simplify and scale verification deployments.
Preferred Experience:
- Expertise in verifying Physical Layer, Link Layer, and Transaction Layer of PCIe/CXL protocols, including compliance on PCIe/CXL EP/RC.
- Experience with buffering and queuing with QoS on complex NOC-based SoCs.
- Analyzing performance at the system level on switching fabrics.
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.
Skills Required
- Minimum 12 years of experience supporting or developing complex SoC or silicon products for server, storage, or networking applications
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
- Knowledge of industry-standard simulators, revision control systems, and regression systems
- Experience interpreting PCIe and CXL protocol specifications to develop and execute verification plans in simulation environments
- Experience using third-party Verification IP for PCIe/CXL Gen3 or above
- Ability to independently develop UVM test plans and sequences to generate stimuli
- Experience writing assertions and cover properties and analyzing coverage data
- Experience developing VIP abstraction layers for sequences
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
- Expertise verifying the Physical, Link, and Transaction Layers of PCIe/CXL, including EP/RC compliance
- Experience with buffering, queuing, and QoS on complex NoC-based SoCs
- Experience analyzing system-level performance on switching fabrics
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Healthcare Strength — Health plans are described as competitive and employer-subsidized, covering medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents. Company materials and listings consistently emphasize strong core healthcare coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible time off is highlighted alongside paid company holidays, with guidance indicating generous PTO when coordinated with teams. Documented policies also point to robust time-off structures across locations.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock-based compensation is a meaningful part of total pay, with RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan noted as part of the package. Public-company status enhances perceived value and accessibility of equity components.
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What We Do
Astera Labs Inc., a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, is a leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions for data-centric systems throughout the data center. Partnering with leading processor vendors, cloud service providers, seasoned investors, and world-class manufacturing companies, Astera Labs is helping customers remove performance bottlenecks in data-intensive systems that are limiting the true potential of applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company’s product portfolio includes system-aware semiconductor integrated circuits, boards, and services to enable robust CXL, PCIe, and Ethernet connectivity.
