HR Business Partner

Asteralabs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Astera Labs is seeking an HR Business Partner to join the People team in San Jose, CA. You will support G&A and smaller engineering groups, acting as a trusted advisor, coach, and partner to leaders, managers, and employees.

You will manage employee relations, ensure compliance with US labor laws, and contribute to talent strategy, organizational health, and leadership development as the company scales.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience, ideally with engineering or technical exposure.
• Working knowledge of US labor and employment law at federal, state, and local levels.
• Experience handling employee relations matters and workplace investigations.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with managers and employees at all levels.
• Comfort in a fast-paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a reliable partner to G&A and engineering leaders, providing day-to-day coaching on people management and team dynamics.
• Coach managers on performance conversations, development discussions, feedback delivery, and tough conversations.
• Advise leaders on compliant people decisions and escalate complex issues to senior HRBPs or Counsel as appropriate.
• Conduct investigations with thorough documentation and collaborate with Legal on higher‑risk matters.
• Support organizational design, role clarity, and headcount planning to enable execution.
• Partner with Compensation and HR Operations to ensure equitable pay decisions.

Skills

HRBP experience

Employee relations

US labor law knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field

Job description

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com.

Astera Labs is seeking an HR Business Partner to join our People team in San Jose, CA. In this role, you will support Astera’s G&A functions and smaller engineering groups, serving as a trusted advisor, coach, and partner to leaders, managers, and employees. This is an excellent opportunity to build your business partnership skills across multiple client groups in a fast-growing semiconductor company.

You will bring solid HRBP/Generalist experience, foundational employee relations skills, and working knowledge of US labor and employment law to help ensure our people practices are effective and compliant as we scale. This role is key to supporting the talent strategies, people leader development, and organizational health that enable Astera’s corporate functions and engineering teams to thrive. As you grow in the role, there will be opportunities to expand your client portfolio and take on larger, more complex business groups.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnership & Coaching

• Serve as a reliable partner to G&A and small engineering people leaders, providing day‑to‑day coaching on people management, team dynamics, and leadership fundamentals
• Build strong, trusting relationships with employees and managers, ensuring accessible and credible HR support across your client groups
• Coach managers on performance conversations, career development discussions, feedback delivery, and navigating common team challenges
• Develop an understanding of the unique demands of semiconductor product development and corporate functions to deliver practical people solutions
• Support the onboarding and integration of new managers within your client groups

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Serve as a point of contact for employee relations matters across your client groups, handling investigations, performance issues, interpersonal conflict, and conduct concerns with professionalism and care
• Apply working knowledge of US labor and employment law—including federal, state, and local regulations—to advise leaders and support compliant people decisions, escalating complex matters to senior HRBPs or Employment Counsel as appropriate
• Conduct fair, thorough, and well‑documented workplace investigations, partnering with senior HR team members and Legal on higher‑risk matters
• Help identify compliance risks and partner with HR Operations to ensure policies, practices, and manager actions align with legal requirements
• Stay current on evolving employment legislation and regulatory changes, surfacing relevant updates to the broader HR team
• Provide clear, empathetic, and sound guidance to managers navigating terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and other sensitive situations, with support from senior partners on complex cases

Talent Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness

• Support leaders in your client groups on organizational design, role clarity, and team structure to enable effective execution
• Contribute to talent reviews, retention planning, and succession planning for roles within your groups, partnering with senior HRBPs on cross‑functional initiatives
• Assist with headcount planning and workforce decisions, helping leaders balance near‑term needs with longer‑term capability building
• Identify talent risks early and work proactively with leaders to address retention and engagement challenges within your client groups

Performance Management

• Support leaders and managers through performance cycles, calibration sessions, and compensation reviews, helping ensure fair and consistent outcomes
• Help ensure performance management practices are applied consistently and in compliance with company policy and legal standards across your client groups
• Partner with Compensation and HR Operations to support equitable pay decisions and address compensation‑related questions

Operational Excellence & Growth

• Identify gaps in people processes or manager capability within your client groups and propose practical solutions
• Partner with HR Ops and Centers of Excellence to help simplify, standardize, and scale HR practices as the organization grows
• Actively seek opportunities to learn and develop, building expertise that prepares you to take on larger, more complex client groups over time
• Operate with an owner’s mindset—taking accountability for outcomes, not just recommendations

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field
• 4–6 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience, ideally with some exposure to engineering or technical organizations
• Working knowledge of US employment and labor law, including federal and California state regulations (wage and hour, leaves, accommodations, terminations, harassment/discrimination)
• Experience handling employee relations matters, workplace investigations, and sensitive personnel issues with sound judgment
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with managers and employees at all levels
• Comfort operating in a fast‑paced, evolving environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Clear and effective communicator who can advise and influence people leaders with credibility

Preferred Qualifications

• PHR, SHRM-CP, or equivalent certification
• Experience supporting G&A functions (Finance, Legal, People Ops, IT) in addition to technical teams
• Exposure to organizations going through rapid scaling or hypergrowth phases
• Analytical mindset with experience using people data to inform decisions
• Interest in or experience with the semiconductor, AI, data center, or connectivity technology space
• A growth orientation—eagerness to take on new client groups, build new capabilities, and develop toward a senior HRBP role

Salary range is $135,000 to $170,000 depending on experience, level, and business need. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits.

We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non‑binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.