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Lead Product Engineer

Astera Labs
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/7/2026

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Technical Lead 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.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of post silicon product development dealing with high-speed XCVR (product, test or validation)
  • Experience in working with PCIe Gen3 and above
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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

Preferred Experience:

  • 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.
  • Hands on experience in product/package qualification


If this sounds like you please, apply here directly.

Salary : $160,000 - $195,000

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