Senior Principal Automation Engineer
Astera Labs · San Jose, California, United States
Posted 29 days ago · $205,000 to $260,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 29 days Astera Labs's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 43% of Astera Labs's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Astera Labs
- high 141 stale, 8 reposted of 160 open
- Hiring momentum
- 218 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Astera Labs's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Astera Labs.
About this role
The Senior Principal Automation Engineer at Astera Labs will architect and optimize cloud-native CI/CD pipelines and HPC infrastructure for semiconductor design workflows. This role involves transforming workflows into automated ecosystems, utilizing AI-driven optimization, and collaborating with various business functions to enhance automation across HR, Legal, and Finance processes. The engineer will also build a centralized data lake for insights and manage automation frameworks integrating various tools and systems.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Astera Labs as an employer.
What you need
- BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- 20+ years of progressive technical experience, including at least 10+ years specializing in CAD infrastructure, cloud HPC, or build/release automation for complex engineering environments
- Deep hands-on expertise running HPC/EDA workloads natively in the cloud (AWS preferred), including cost optimization
- Working knowledge of both front-end and back-end semiconductor design flows
- Data engineering experience building and operating data lakes
- Expert command of enterprise CI/CD orchestration tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
What you get
- Salary range is $205,000 to $260,000 depending on experience, level, and business need
- This role may be eligible for discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits
Worth weighing
- Role involves significant cross-functional collaboration, which may require balancing technical and non-technical stakeholder needs
- Focus on cloud-native solutions may limit exposure to on-premise technologies
- The position requires a broad mandate across various business functions, which could lead to a diverse range of responsibilities
- No specific mention of remote work options or flexibility in work arrangements
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Listed by Astera Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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