Principal Validation Engineer - AI Connectivity Systems

Astera Labs; San Jose (CA); Vor Ort; USD 185.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Astera Labs, a NASDAQ: ALAB company, is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead validation for next‑gen connectivity products. You will turn complex silicon, board, and system requirements into rigorous plans, scalable automation, and clear release decisions, ensuring reliability in demanding AI infrastructure.

You will partner with design, firmware, software, product, applications, and customer teams to bring up platforms, isolate issues, and accelerate qualification, enabling high‑performance

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8–12 years of hardware, silicon, system, or product validation engineering.
• Proven experience leading validation for semiconductor, networking, connectivity, or data center products.
• Hands-on experience creating validation plans, test cases, automation, coverage metrics, and release criteria.
• Strong debugging skills across hardware, firmware, software, and laboratory instrumentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical decisions across functions.

Aufgaben

• Define validation methodologies, coverage goals, schedules, dependencies, and exit criteria for complex hardware and connectivity products.
• Translate product requirements and architecture specifications into validation plans, test cases, and measurable quality objectives.
• Identify technical risks early, prioritize validation investments, and communicate readiness, gaps, and tradeoffs to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Lead silicon, board, and system bring-up, including test environment definition, instrumentation selection, configuration, and execution.
• Architect scalable lab infrastructure and automated test frameworks that improve coverage, repeatability, debug efficiency, and time to qualification.
• Develop, review, and maintain Python-based automation and data analysis tools in Linux-based validation environments.
• Drive root-cause analysis of functional, performance, interoperability, reliability, and system-level issues across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries.
• Partner with design, firmware, software, product, applications, and customer teams to resolve issues and deliver high-quality releases.
• Mentor engineers, establish validation best practices, and represent validation status and technical recommendations in design and launch reviews.

Kenntnisse

Hardware validation leadership

Test automation

Debugging skills

Cross-functional communication

Python proficiency

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Master's or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

Linux

Azure DevOps

Lab instrumentation

Jobbeschreibung

Astera Labs, a NASDAQ: ALAB company, is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead validation for next‑gen connectivity products. You will turn complex silicon, board, and system requirements into rigorous plans, scalable automation, and clear release decisions, ensuring reliability in demanding AI infrastructure.

You will partner with design, firmware, software, product, applications, and customer teams to bring up platforms, isolate issues, and accelerate qualification, enabling high‑performance