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Astera Labs · 2 days ago

Senior Field Applications Engineer

positionSan Jose, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

Astera Labs is a provider of rack-scale AI infrastructure through connectivity solutions. The Field Applications Engineer will act as a technical advisor to cloud service providers and networking OEMs, designing solutions and driving innovation through collaboration with customers and engineering teams.

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Responsibilities

Identify and understand customer requirements
Propose Astera Labs solutions
Provide hands-on design-in support
Drive innovation
Partner with customers and engineering teams
Provide feedback to help drive the product roadmap

Qualification

High-speed protocolsSilicon/System bring-upSignal IntegrityPython scriptingEthernet Switch productsPerformance metricsPCB layout toolsCustomer-orientedEntrepreneurial mindsetCan-do attitudeGoal-drivenSelf-motivatedOpen-minded behavior

Required

BS in electrical engineering. Master's degree in engineering is preferred
Minimum of 5 years' experience working with Cloud service providers and server OEM customers to design in complex SoC/silicon products for Server & Storage
Customer-oriented, Goal-driven, Self-motivated, be able to work independently and be able to travel frequently to customer sites
Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!
Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed protocols like 25G, 50G, 100G Ethernet etc
Experience with QSFP, QSFP-DD, and OSFP pluggable modules development/support
Silicon/System bring-up and debug experience in customer systems
Experience working with Contract Manufactures to support NPI and Volume Production
Experience with high-speed Signal Integrity issues
Experience with lab equipment including protocol analyzers and oscilloscopes
Experience with Python scripting or other equivalent programming languages

Preferred

Development/support for Ethernet Switch products
Understanding and Capturing performance metrics like Latency, Bandwidth, Power for CPU, Memory, PCIe, DDR
Knowledge of simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium and others etc
Development/support for Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, DDR4/ DDR5 in Data Center Systems
Strong working knowledge of PCIe LTSSM at a physical layer level, associated standards, and debug

Company

Astera Labs

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Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that provides connectivity solutions for intelligent systems.
dateFounded in 2017
location
San Jose, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.asteralabs.com

H1B Sponsorship

Astera Labs has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (50)
2024 (44)
2023 (17)
2022 (26)
2021 (14)
2020 (7)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$206.35M
Key Investors
Fidelity
2024-03-20IPO
2022-11-17Series D· $150M
2021-09-27Series C· $50M

Leadership Team

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Jitendra Mohan
CEO
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Casey Morrison
Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder
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