Senior/Tech Lead Diagnostic Platform Software Engineer

Astera Labs is looking for a Senior/Tech Lead Diagnostic Platform Software Engineer to join their Hardware Engineering team. The candidate will be responsible for building diagnostics and manufacturing software for cutting-edge high-speed datacenter products. This role involves working on projects from conception to final production, requiring a strong software background and understanding of hardware design and manufacturing practices.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and test production-grade diagnostics for high-speed digital boards and ASICs.
• Design, implement, and test manufacturing tests to validate mass production of digital boards.
• Bring-up newly manufactured boards and port the first level of software.
• Isolate and perform root-cause analysis of reported failures.
• Support new platform software and hardware features.
• Coordinate with the hardware engineering team on schedules and feature delivery.
• Participate in design discussions, design reviews, and project management.
• Mentor younger team members.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s in CS/CE or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in diag, hardware bring-up, test, or manufacturing automation.
• Knowledge of modern software development.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience working with datacenter-level complex electronic equipment.
• Ability to read schematic/layout.
• System debug experience.
• Embedded programming and good knowledge of OS internals (Linux/Unix).
• Has knowledge of common inter connecting buses and interfaces such as PCIe, I2C, XAUI, 10G Ethernet drivers, FPGA, Switch chips, SSL offload, TCAM programming.
• Experience with DDR5

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work on cutting edge high-speed datacenter products.
• Chance to work on projects from conception to final production.