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Physical Design Engineering Director

Astera Labs 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

$200,000 - $250,000 (CAD) Full-time Director

Lead a team of physical design engineers to drive the implementation of connectivity ASICs from RTL to GDSII. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design convergence and establish best practices for high-speed serial connectivity products.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of physical design engineers to drive the implementation of connectivity ASICs from RTL to GDSII. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design convergence and establish best practices for high-speed serial connectivity products.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and over 15 years of experience in physical design implementation at advanced nodes. Candidates must possess strong leadership skills and hands-on expertise in industry-standard EDA tools and scripting languages.

Benefits

  • Discretionary bonus
  • Incentives

Key Skills

Physical design implementation ASIC development RTL to GDSII flow High‑speed serial connectivity Industry‑standard EDA tools (Cadence, Synopsys) Scripting languages (TCL, Python) Leadership and team management Cross‑functional collaboration Design convergence Design verification Project planning Problem solving Mentoring junior engineers Technical documentation Strategic roadmap development Performance optimization Communication skills Stakeholder management Silicon validation System architecture understanding

About Astera Labs

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™ Fusion, 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.

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