Senior Product Applications Engineer - Signal Connectivity
Apply NowCompany: Astera Labs
Location: Santa Clara, CA 95051
Description:
Astera Labs is a global leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions that unlock the full potential of AI and cloud infrastructure. Our Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet semiconductor-based solutions and the COSMOS software suite of system management and optimization tools to deliver a software-defined architecture that is both scalable and customizable. Inspired by trusted relationships with hyperscalers and the data center ecosystem, we are an innovation leader delivering products that are flexible and interoperable. Discover how we are transforming modern data-driven applications at www.asteralabs.com
Job Description:
As an Astera Labs Senior Product Application Engineer, you will need to provide technical guidance to customers to overcome design challenges, generate collateral for existing and new products, and drive innovation by providing insightful feedback to other internal teams to continuously improve products and processes. Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Product Applications Engineer in Santa Clara, CA with experience supporting the development and designing-in of signal conditioning devices for PCIe/CXL and Ethernet. There are opportunities to support key customers directly, and also to dive deep in the lab to address the challenges associated with leading edge semiconductor products.
Basic Qualifications
Required Experience
Preferred experience
The base salary range is $120,000.00 USD - $170,000.00 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.
We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.
Job Description:
As an Astera Labs Senior Product Application Engineer, you will need to provide technical guidance to customers to overcome design challenges, generate collateral for existing and new products, and drive innovation by providing insightful feedback to other internal teams to continuously improve products and processes. Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Product Applications Engineer in Santa Clara, CA with experience supporting the development and designing-in of signal conditioning devices for PCIe/CXL and Ethernet. There are opportunities to support key customers directly, and also to dive deep in the lab to address the challenges associated with leading edge semiconductor products.
Basic Qualifications
- Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor's in EE is required, Master's is preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience designing in complex SoC/silicon products with a high speed (preferably PCIe or Ethernet) interface.
- Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!
Required Experience
- Knowledge of NRZ/PAM4 SerDes including both PHY and protocol levels with hands on debug experience in customer systems
- Technical ownership of issue resolution: Driving and directing internal teams and driving communication to customers through FAE/sales teams.
- Firsthand experience with lab equipment such as protocol analyzers/exercisers, high-speed oscilloscopes, or BERTs.
- Knowledge of high-speed layout practices for 25G+ interfaces and experience in analysis of s-parameters, TDR, IBIS-AMI simulation
- Intermediate level of proficiency in C/C++ or Python
Preferred experience
- Hands-on knowledge of PCIe 5.0/6.0/CXL, with experience in physical layer implementation, LTSSM analysis, and protocol level debug
- Hands-on knowledge of Ethernet protocols 100/400/800G Ethernet (25G and above), InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, etc.
- Familiarity with pluggable module hardware specifications (QSFP-DD, OSFP) and/or CMIS
- Triaging complex customer reported issues which require taking into account multiple layers of conditions, for instance, silicon, firmware, hardware board design, and system environment.
- Development/support for PCIe, Ethernet Switch, or Retimer products.
- PCIe compliance testing methodology and troubleshooting.
- Comfort working with software/firmware associated with semiconductor products, such as Firmware development with C-language, scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages.
- Understanding of Data Center systems like Servers, JBOGs/JBODs, Networking switches/routers/interconnects etc.
The base salary range is $120,000.00 USD - $170,000.00 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.
We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.