Senior Data & Test Infrastructure Engineer - Manufacturing

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

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Astera Labs is hiring a hands-on software engineer to own and improve the internal platforms behind manufacturing data, test infrastructure, and failure analysis. You will work across software, data, and hardware operations to deliver reliable data and tooling for engineering and manufacturing teams.

You will build data pipelines, maintain automation, and extend systems to support new products and sites. Strong Python skills and backend data experience are essential for success in a fast-moving

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years building and operating backend systems, data systems, developer infrastructure, or internal platforms.
• Strong Python skills, including production services, scripts, libraries, or automation tools.
• Experience with large-scale data processing and structured data pipelines.
• Practical understanding of changing data formats, data quality challenges, and production data collection.
• Experience with relational, analytical, or streaming data systems.
• Experience supporting CI/CD systems, Git-based workflows, Linux environments, and containerized or cloud-based services.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools and balancing operations with longer-term engineering improvements.

Responsibilities

• Build, own, and improve data pipelines that collect, standardize, and organize manufacturing and test data.
• Integrate data from multiple internal and external sources, including lab test systems and manufacturing partners.
• Improve data quality, pipeline reliability, handling of changing formats, and visibility into pipeline health.
• Add support for new products, data sources, and manufacturing partners with minimal manual effort.
• Make the tools engineers use to access and analyze data faster and easier to use.
• Maintain and improve automation systems that support hardware validation and production testing.
• Keep build, test, and release workflows manageable, repeatable, and version controlled.
• Operate and improve automated tools that process results, classify failures, and route issues to the right teams.
• Reduce repetitive debugging through better classification, dashboards, and internal tooling.
• Support core platform services such as storage, scheduled jobs, and deployment automation.
• Build and improve monitoring, alerting, and dashboards so issues are detected early.

Skills

Python

Backend systems

Data processing

CI/CD

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

MS or PhD in EE/CE (preferred)

Tools

Git-based workflows

Containerized services

Cloud services

Job description

Astera Labs is hiring a hands-on software engineer to own and improve the internal platforms behind manufacturing data, test infrastructure, and failure analysis. You will work across software, data, and hardware operations to deliver reliable data and tooling for engineering and manufacturing teams.

You will build data pipelines, maintain automation, and extend systems to support new products and sites. Strong Python skills and backend data experience are essential for success in a fast-moving