Astera Labs · 1 day ago
Distinguished Product Quality Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAstera Labs is a company providing rack-scale AI infrastructure through advanced semiconductor connectivity solutions. The Distinguished Product Quality Engineer will ensure the quality and reliability of high-speed semiconductor products, leading NPI quality-related activities and collaborating with engineering teams to drive product quality improvements.
AutomotiveElectronicsIntelligent SystemsSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Driving Product Quality Engineering: Work with operations, firmware, and other internal engineering teams to drive product quality improvements both as part of NPI activities and volume manufacturing. This role will participate in various NPI engineering reviews to ensure exit criteria are met, new product issues and learnings are addressed, and production issues are driven to root cause. Work with the operations engineering teams to build data systems and infrastructure to eliminate outliers, predict quality trends, and identify product quality opportunities that will improve customer outcomes. Develop signature analysis techniques to identify systemic root causes by leveraging advanced AI and/or ML techniques where appropriate
Leading NPI Quality-Related Validation & Issue Debugging: Lead the debugging of complex hardware, firmware, and software issues as part of quality team activities during NPI and high-volume production, leveraging diagnostic hooks and advanced debug tools. Develop and maintain automated diagnostic tools to scale and drive reuse across multiple product families. Partner with operations engineering to improve diagnostic efficiency, reduce overkill/retest, and improve product yield and quality. Integrate diagnostics into silicon lifecycle management, firmware release, and reliability tracking to proactively detect degradation or field reliability risks
Interoperability & System-Level Support: Work with field, firmware, and internal engineering teams to ensure interoperability, diagnostic transparency, and robust field debug capability
Diagnostic Test Development: Define and drive the deployment of diagnostic test plans, fixtures, tools, and methodologies needed for fault isolation of customer returns in PCIe, CXL, UCIe, Ethernet, and other high-speed switching products. Fan out the most successful tools for broader application in high-volume manufacturing and troubleshooting of NPI (New Products) qualification failures or field application issues
Embedded Silicon Agent Champion: Drive the external selection or internal development of embedded silicon agents to monitor temperature, voltage, noise, process, timing, etc., at the block level on-chip. Work with design teams on implementation. Collaborate with validation and design teams to debug these features in the lab during the post-silicon phase. Partner with firmware teams to leverage these features for real-time adaptive behavior. Partner with software teams to process the data and create accessible and actionable diagnostic conclusions
Design DFT Review: Work with design, operations engineering, and system validation teams to drive early Design-for-Testability (DFT) and diagnostic capabilities with design and product engineering teams. Coordinate block-by-block-level reviews to ensure no gaps in coverage and that all prior lessons learned are applied
Advanced Packaging Diagnostics: Develop diagnostic methodologies for MCM, 3DIC, and optical interconnect packages, including die-to-die and heterogeneous integration interfaces needed to diagnose, isolate, and ensure high-quality products
Qualification
Required
Deep experience with digital and SerDes high-speed protocols (PCIe Gen5/Gen6, CXL, UCIe, Ethernet/SerDes) and system-level validation methodologies
Direct and deep experience working with embedded silicon diagnostic agents
Experience working with engineering teams creating product characterization and test plans, test programs, and collaborating with the greater engineering community to obtain and analyze data across process, voltage, and temperature to evaluate semiconductor products
Hands-on experience with lab debug tools (protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, BERTs, error injection frameworks)
Proficiency in scripting and software development (Python, C/C++, Java, or similar) for diagnostic automation and data analysis
Proven ability to analyze complex test data, identify root causes, and implement systemic solutions
Familiarity with semiconductor test flows (ATE, system-level test, characterization, production validation)
Experience with advanced packaging technologies (MCM, 3DIC, optical) and their diagnostic/test challenges
Strong communication skills for collaborating across design, product, test, and customer teams
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional decisions and drive quality improvements at the organizational level
Preferred
Minimum of 5 years of experience leading a high-caliber product engineering team
Minimum of 10 years within a product or diagnostics engineering team with successful deployment of semiconductor devices into production
Strong academic/technical background in electrical engineering; Bachelor's required, Master's preferred
Experience with diagnostic firmware and test development methodologies
Knowledge of advanced techniques for anomaly detection in diagnostic/test data
Track record of leadership in new product introduction (NPI) for complex, high-speed semiconductor products
Company
Astera Labs
Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that provides connectivity solutions for intelligent systems.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$206.35MKey Investors
Fidelity
2024-03-20IPO
2022-11-17Series D· $150M
2021-09-27Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Jitendra Mohan
CEO
Casey Morrison
Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder
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