Sr. Hardware Optical Engineer

Job Description

Astera Labs is seeking a Sr. Hardware Optical Electrical Engineer to join their Hardware Engineering team. The engineer will design boards incorporating Astera Labs’ connectivity and memory products, used by cloud service providers, server manufacturers, and network OEMs. The role involves all design stages, from concept to mass production, while providing feedback to internal teams to improve products and processes. There are opportunities for direct interaction with key customers to gather input on form factors and propose board products meeting specific needs. The ideal candidate will have industry experience, innovative thinking, and expertise in their field, with a proactive attitude.

Role Involves:

• Designing boards incorporating Astera Labs’ connectivity and memory products.
• Participating in every stage of design, from concept to mass production.
• Providing feedback to internal teams to improve products and processes.
• Collaborating on manufacturing, customer engagement, and post-production support.
• Interacting with key customers to gather input on form factors and propose board products.

Requirements:

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering.
• Bachelor’s in EE is required; a Master’s is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in system-level board design, from component selection and schematic capture through board bring-up, debug, optimization, and validation.
• Strong background in high-speed board design techniques and methodologies, preferably in the enterprise and data center system space.
• Knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium, and others.
• Working knowledge of Allegro layout tool.
• Working knowledge of power architecture in both circuit (DC/DC POL converters) and distribution (power integrity).
• Understanding of signal and power integrity challenges and solutions.
• Designing systems with high-speed NRZ/PAM4 SerDes-based protocols and/or memory interfaces.
• Strong experience in board bring-up and validation.
• Silicon/PCB bring-up and debug experience.
• Track record of taking products from concept to mass production.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers, PCB vendors, and other external suppliers.

Astera Labs Offers:

• Opportunity to work on diverse range of connectivity and memory products.
• Involvement in every stage of design, from concept to mass production.
• Opportunities for direct interaction with key customers.