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Senior Principal Automation Engineer

Astera Labs · San Jose, California, United States

Posted 8 days ago · $205,000 to $260,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
8 days
Astera Labs's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
43% of Astera Labs's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Astera Labs
high
116 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
2026-09-17

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.

Our read on this posting4.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
5/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

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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 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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