Physical Design Engineer (Place & Route)

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Not verified checked Jun 7, 2026

Salary

$135K-$165K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

29% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Physical Design Engineer (Place & Route) San Jose, California, United States 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 . As an Astera Labs Physical Design Engineer (Place & Route) to play a crucial role in the planning, coordination, and execution supporting the design of Astera Labs' portfolio of connectivity ASICs used in the world's leading cloud service providers, server and network OEMs. This is a generalist physical design role requiring broad expertise across floorplanning, place-and-route, timing closure, and physical sign-off. You will work closely with designers, verification engineering, and engineering operations to drive blocks from RTL to GDSII. This role is fully on-site and in-person. Basic Qualifications: - Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. A Bachelor's degree in EE / Computer Engineering is required, and a Master's degree is preferred. - 3+ years of experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications. - Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, plan and

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