Senior Electronics Engineer – Hardware Validation

Astera Labs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Astera Labs, located in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior/Staff Electronics Engineer to lead hardware electrical validation bridging design and post-silicon teams. The role focuses on PCBAs, test plans, and de-risking circuits across the full hardware lifecycle.

You will bring up boards, debug complex issues, and collaborate with System Validation and FAEs to enable robust, scalable hardware solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in EE with 3+ years of hardware test or design.
• Demonstrated strong ability in hardware test and debugging.
• Expert understanding of PDNs, power regulators, clocks.
• Ability to create test descriptions from schematic designs.
• Knowledge of full hardware product lifecycle from kickoff to RTM.
• Experience with lab test equipment and measurement tools.

Responsibilities

• Support hardware design teams with de-risking circuits from project kick-off to gerber out.
• Develop comprehensive hardware electrical validation plans using correct test methods and processes.
• Bring up the PCBAs upon arrival in the lab, and execute the electrical validation plans to validate all circuits on the board.
• Debug complex multi-point failures in hardware - power regulators, PDNs, clock synthesizers, digital control paths, I2C, SPI, etc.
• Rework components on the PCBAs to unblock debugging activities.
• Pre-empt and de-risk system validation architectures - collaborate with the System Validation teams.
• Support hardware activities in auxiliary teams - Post-Silicon Electrical Validation, Product Apps, System Validation, FAEs, etc.
• Support the new designs using knowledge of existing products to de-risk new features and requirements.

Skills

Circuit analysis

Hardware testing

Power regulators

Schematic to test plans

RTM lifecycle

Python automation

Lab equipment operation

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE

Tools

Oscilloscopes

e-loads

VNA

TDR

Environmental chambers

Job description

Astera Labs, located in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior/Staff Electronics Engineer to lead hardware electrical validation bridging design and post-silicon teams. The role focuses on PCBAs, test plans, and de-risking circuits across the full hardware lifecycle.

You will bring up boards, debug complex issues, and collaborate with System Validation and FAEs to enable robust, scalable hardware solutions in a fast-paced environment.