Astera Labs

Product Applications Engineer (Switch, NCG)

Astera Labs$130K — $140K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science; Master's preferred
  • Customer-oriented and self-motivated with independent work capability
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a customer-first approach
  • Excellent communication skills for documentation and team interaction
  • Intermediate Python proficiency for tool development and automation
  • Experience interpreting electronics schematics and debugging firmware
  • Familiarity with lab equipment like multimeters and oscilloscopes

Responsibilities

  • Develop expertise in Astera Labs Scorpio PCIe Smart Fabric Switches
  • Identify and analyze customer requirements for value proposition
  • Propose Astera Labs solutions to meet customer needs
  • Provide hands-on design-in support for customers
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to drive product innovation
  • Deliver customer feedback to improve product roadmap

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Travel opportunities to engage directly with customers
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technology in high-speed electronics
Full Job Description


ob Description

In this role, you will also develop deep expertise in Astera Labs Scorpio PCIe Smart Fabric Switches to understand product capabilities, limitations, and applications, so that you can develop tools, documentation, and provide guidance for internal and external users of the product. You will need to identify and understand customer requirements, propose Astera Labs solutions that provide clear value to the customer, and provide hands-on design-in support. You will also drive innovation by listening to the customer requirements, working with our engineering teams to implement those requirements into the product roadmap, and delivering the results back to the customer.

Basic Qualifications

  • BS in electrical engineering or computer science; a Master's degree is preferred
  • Customer-oriented, goal-driven, self-motivated, able to work independently, and be able to travel semi-frequently to customer sites
  • Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior, and can-do attitude; think and act with the customer in mind!


Required Experience

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills for interacting with internal teams, external customers, and writing customer-facing documentation
  • Intermediate level of proficiency in Python for tool development and test automation
  • Able to read an electronics schematic with reasonable intuition
  • Able to read and step through embedded firmware for debugging
  • Firsthand experience with lab equipment including power supplies, multimeters, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes


Preferred Experience

  • Hands-on knowledge of NRZ/PAM4 SerDes-based protocols like 100/400/800G Ethernet (25G and above), PCI Express, CXL, or similar
  • Working knowledge of Linux software/firmware build environments (gcc, Make, git, bash, etc.)
  • Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet Switch products, or other high-speed SerDes products
  • Knowledge of electronics simulation/modeling, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium and others, etc.
  • Knowledge of high-speed electronics simulation tools such as Keysight ADS, Mathworks QCD, etc., for IBIS-AMI analysis


The base salary range is $130,000 - $140,000 CAD depending on education level.

About Astera Labs

Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that designs and develops purpose-built connectivity solutions for data-centric systems. The company's portfolio of products includes system-aware semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), boards, and intellectual property (IP) that are used in data center servers, storage, and networking equipment. Astera Labs' products are designed to improve the performance, latency, and power consumption of data-centric systems. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Astera Labs
Size
51 employees
Industry
Net Income
-$3 million
Founded
2018
Revenue
$5 million
NASDAQ

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