Distinguished Formal Verification

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.

Astera Labs is seeking a Distinguished Engineer, Formal Verification to join our world-class engineering team in San Jose, California. As a hyper-growth leader in AI infrastructure connectivity, we're revolutionizing how data centers handle explosive AI workloads through cutting-edge PCIe Gen 6/7, CXL, Ethernet, UCIe, and UALink technologies. This is a rare opportunity to shape the formal verification strategy across our entire product portfolio while working on the most advanced connectivity solutions powering the AI revolution.

In this highly strategic role, you'll serve as Astera Labs' technical authority on formal verification, defining methodologies and best practices that ensure the highest quality standards across all our next-generation connectivity products. You'll work at the intersection of innovation and reliability, leading efforts to catch critical corner-case bugs that traditional verification methods miss, while mentoring a global team of engineers and representing Astera Labs as a thought leader in the formal verification community. This position offers exceptional scope for impact—your work will directly enable the rack-scale AI infrastructure that's transforming cloud computing and enterprise data centers worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Methodology Development
• Technical Execution & Innovation
• Team Development & Cross-Functional Partnership

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
• 15+ years of experience in formal verification or 18+ years of experience in traditional design verification with significant formal verification specialization
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog/Verilog with deep understanding of hardware design verification
• Advanced scripting abilities with Python or Perl for automation and productivity enhancement
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple high-impact tasks in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with minimal supervision
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and drive consensus
• Entrepreneurial mindset with proactive, customer-focused attitude and ability to think and act quickly while maintaining high quality standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Mathematics with focus on formal methods or verification
• Hands-on experience with formal verification tools such as Synopsys VCFormal and Cadence JasperGold
• Experience with both bug hunting and static proof verification techniques
• Familiarity with automating formal verification workflows within a CI/CD environment
• Deep knowledge of high-speed serial protocols: PCIe Gen 4/5/6/7, CXL, Ethernet (100G/400G/800G), UCIe, UALink
• Participation in industry standards bodies (PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium, IEEE, UCIe Consortium)
• Patents or publications in formal verification or hardware verification methodologies
• Track record of recruiting, mentoring, and developing formal verification talent across distributed teams

Salary range is $230,000 to $285,000 depending on experience, level, and business need. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits.

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.