Senior Principal Test Engineer — High-Speed Connectivity

Astera Labs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 205,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Astera Labs is seeking a Senior Principal Test Engineer to act as the technical authority for test engineering across mixed-signal silicon and high-speed connectivity products. You will define test strategies for SCM high-volume manufacturing and lead from early engagement through mass production.

This role influences product quality, coverage, yield, test cost, and time to market while partnering with design, DFT, product engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams in a fast-moving

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field.
• 12–20 years of experience in Test engineering or Product Engineering from development through high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience with high-speed, mixed-signal test solutions for high-volume manufacturing.
• Knowledge of PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, NVMe, or USB.
• Experience with test software development, production debug, and test-time optimization.
• Experience designing custom Test Hardware for PCBA high-volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Define and own test strategies, specifications, and plans from product definition through high-volume production.
• Establish coverage, quality, yield, test-time, and cost objectives, and drive measurable improvements across the product lifecycle.
• Partner with design and product engineering teams to identify testability requirements and make effective design-for-test tradeoffs.
• Architect tester solutions and guide development of Tester HW design to meet specific and roadmap of products
• Validate Tester Designs and characterize before implementing into Mass Production.
• Apply understanding of physical-layer behavior to investigate failures, interpret lab and production data, and resolve complex performance issues.
• Lead root-cause analysis and yield improvement using protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, manufacturing data, and structured failure analysis.

Skills

Test engineering

High-speed protocols

Test automation

Mentorship

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Test HW design

PCBA manufacturing

I2C/I3C/SPI/JTAG

C/C++/Python for ATE

Job description

Astera Labs is seeking a Senior Principal Test Engineer to act as the technical authority for test engineering across mixed-signal silicon and high-speed connectivity products. You will define test strategies for SCM high-volume manufacturing and lead from early engagement through mass production.

This role influences product quality, coverage, yield, test cost, and time to market while partnering with design, DFT, product engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams in a fast-moving