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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 . Principal Power and Board Design Engineer Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Power and Board Design Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing power delivery systems for our ASIC products, ensuring robust power integrity, and developing board-level designs. Your expertise will be crucial in selecting power components, collaborating with vendors, and utilizing industry-leading tools to deliver high-performance solutions. Key Responsibilities: Develop and optimize power conversion circuits, including DC-DC converters, voltage regulators, and power modules. Design and optimize power delivery for ASICs, ensuring stable voltage and current distribution across the board. Address power integrity challenges such as voltage ripple, noise, and impedance mismatches. Develop and implement board-level designs, to meet electrical and mechanical requirements with a deep understanding of PCB layout rules and constraints. Implement thermal solutions to maintain optimal operating temperatures for components. Evaluate and select appropriate power components, such as voltage regulators, capacitors, and inductors, ensuring they meet performance, thermal, and reliability specifications. Also will be asked to do the same evaluation on overall system level design components. Work closely with component vendors to identify and source the best power solutions, ensuring compatibility with our ASIC designs and meeting quality standards. Work closely with cross-functional teams, including firmware, mechanical, and validation engineers, to integrate designs into complete systems. Generate and maintain comprehensive design documentation, including, Specifications, schematics and BOMs. Conduct thorough debugging and analysis of power-related or system level issue utilizing lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and power analyzers to identify and resolve problems. Qualifications: Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field. Experience: 8-10 years of experience in power and board design engineering, with a focus on ASIC or high-speed digital designs. Technical Skills: Proficiency in Cadence OrCAD and Allegro for schematic capture and PCB layout. Strong understanding of power integrity principles and techniques. Experience with power component selection and vendor collaboration. Hands-on experience with debugging power-related issues using lab equipment. Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. Strong communication and teamwork abilities. Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR , and USB. Familiarity with electromagnetic interference ( EMI ) and electromagnetic compatibility ( EMC ) considerations. Familiarity with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) considerations. Experience in thermal management and reliability analysis. Why Join Us: Work on cutting-edge ASIC designs in a collaborative and innovative environment. Opportunity to influence power design strategies and contribute to product success. Access to state-of-the-art tools and resources to enhance your skills and career growth. If you are passionate about power and board design engineering and meet the qualifications outlined above, we encourage you to apply and become a key contributor to our team. Base pay range for this role is $209,000 - $230,000. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. 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.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.
