Principal Product Engineer

About the Position

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.

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Principal Product Engineer to lead and develop next generation high-speed, high performance and low power semiconductor products in advanced process node. The ideal candidate possesses breadth of industry experience in high-speed product development in the field of product and/or test engineering, can apply fundamentals in circuit, ATE, and test program to aid problem solving, and is a self-driven, result focused go-getter in the pursuit of goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop next generation high-speed, high performance, and low power semiconductor products in advanced process node.
• Apply fundamentals in circuit, ATE, and test program to aid problem solving.
• Collaborate with silicon validation teams to ensure device performance meets production requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the field of post silicon product development dealing with high-speed I/O (product test or validation).
• Have gone through at least one cycle of full product development life cycle.
• Strong academic/technical background in electrical or computer engineering; Bachelor’s is required; MS preferred.
• Strong problem-solving skills that involve system level analysis with test hardware, test program, and DUT.
• Digital and analog circuit level understanding for DUT.
• Excellent team player with great communication skills.
• Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks.

Required Experience

• Hands-on experience with using the Advantest 93k ATE platform with specific skills updating ATE test programs for wafer sort and final test solutions or similar ATE platform.
• Detailed mindset monitoring device ATE test yields, ATE test time, device quality, and rolling out new ATE test programs using consistent BKMs.
• Strong data analysis skills using tools such as JMP or Spotfire calculating limits and drawing conclusions.
• Energetic work mindset meeting the demands of shipping quality parts to Astera Labs’ customers through the manufacturing stage of development.
• Hands-on experience in product/package qualification.

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on knowledge of NRZ/PAM4 SerDes protocols like PCIe (Gen3 and above), Ethernet (25G and above), etc. and/or memory interfaces such as (LP)DDR5/4.
• Working with silicon validation teams to ensure device performance meets production requirements.
• Firmware development in C/C++, scripting in Python, or other equivalent programming experience.

We Offer

• Competitive base salary range of USD 185,000 - USD 240,000.
• Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge AI infrastructure company.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

About the Company

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.