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.
Job Description
As an Astera Labs Regional Field Applications Engineer, you will lead a team of FAEs as a player-coach to establish the team as trusted technical advisors to the world’s leading cloud service providers, server and network OEMs by working with them to design solutions that use Astera Labs’ portfolio of connectivity products. In this role, you will need to identify and understand customer requirements, propose Astera Labs solutions that provide clear value to the customer and provide hands-on design-in support. You will drive innovation by listening to the customer requirements, working with our engineering teams to implement into the product roadmap and delivering the results back to the customer.
Basic Qualifications
BS in electrical engineering. Master’s degree in engineering is preferred.
Minimum of 8 years’ experience working with Cloud service providers and server OEM customers to design-in complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical team as player-coach, hire and develop new & existing team members.
Customer-obsession, Goal-driven, Self-motivated, be able to work independently and be able to travel frequently to customer sites.
Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!
Excellent communication skills with customers and internal teams around the globe
Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed protocols like PCIe, Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc.
Silicon/System bring-up and debug experience in customer systems.
Experience with lab equipment including protocol analyzers and oscilloscopes.
A strong background in high-speed board design techniques, and understanding of Data Center systems like Servers, JBOGs/JBODs, Networking switches/routers etc.
Firmware debug and programming (C-language), scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages.
Ability to write scripts and example codes to customers to enable smooth integration to customer environment
Ability to understand and review boards schematics and layout files.
יתרון
Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet Switch products.
Knowledge of simulation/modeling, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium and others etc.
Knowledge of simulation tools such as Keysight ADS, Mathworks QCD, etc. for IBIS-AMI analysis.
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.
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.