Senior Tools Development Engineer – COSMOS Platform Software - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
$133,200 - $185,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 11 August 2026 by the employer.
Astera Labs provides connectivity solutions through the COSMOS software suite.
About the role
This role involves building tools for COSMOS, Astera Labs' unified platform software, to configure, monitor, debug, and validate Astera Labs products. You will work at the intersection of software, hardware, and systems engineering, creating applications, command-line utilities, automation frameworks, and infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain COSMOS Explorer (GUI) and COSMOS CLI.
- Develop desktop applications, command-line utilities, and automation tools using C#, C, C++, and Python.
- Build software that communicates directly with Astera Labs silicon for telemetry, diagnostics, validation, and product configuration.
- Design reusable frameworks and utilities to improve engineering productivity and simplify product bring-up and debug.
- Debug complex software and system-level issues spanning applications, firmware, drivers, and hardware platforms.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong programming experience in several of the following: C#, C, C++, Python.
- Experience developing modern object-oriented software applications.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Experience developing desktop applications using technologies such as Avalonia, WPF, MAUI, WinUI, or Qt.
- Experience building software tools, SDKs, utilities, or developer productivity applications.
- Experience designing automation frameworks and test infrastructure.
- Familiarity with Git, CI/CD workflows, and modern software engineering practices.
- Experience communicating with hardware devices over PCIe, Ethernet, USB, I²C, or SPI interfaces.
- Knowledge of PCIe, CXL, or Ethernet high-speed interconnect technologies.
Skills: RTL Design, Verilog/SystemVerilog, synthesis sign-off, PCIe, CXL
This role has been open 48 days — well below the 62-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
986
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Astera Labs | All employers we track in this specialty (986 roles · 101 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 25 | 986 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 58 | 3109 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 19 d | 62 d (−43 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: RTL Design, Verilog/SystemVerilog, synthesis sign-off, PCIe, CXL
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 141 open roles · median 62 d
- AMD · 68 open roles · median 65 d
- Synopsys · 65 open roles · median 24 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 54 open roles · median 72 d
- NVIDIA · 47 open roles · median 53 d
- Analog Devices · 46 open roles · median 37 d
How we counted: 986 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 101 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 29 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.