Platform Software/Diagnostics (NCG 2026)

.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 member of Astera Labs Hardware Engineering team you will be responsible for building diagnostics and manufacturing software to allow design, test, and manufacture cutting edge high speed datacenter products.  You will be working on project from conception to the final production stage at contract manufacturer.

The role requires strong and broad software background and good understanding of hardware design and manufacturing practices.  At the same time we welcome candidates with deep experience in smaller areas and desire to learn.  Depending on your experience you may be focusing on design/validation or automation/manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement & test production-grade diagnostics for high-speed digital boards and ASICS to help with hardware validation
• Design, implement & test manufacturing tests to validate mass production of digital boards used in data center networking product
• Bring-up newly manufactured boards and the port the first level of software
• Isolate and perform root-cause analysis of reported failures
• Support new platform software and hardware features
• Coordinate with the hardware engineering team on bring-up schedules and feature delivery
• Participate proactively in design discussions, design review, and project management

Basic Qualifications/Required Experience

• Bachelor’s in CS/CE or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of modern software development
• Proficiency in Python and C

Preferred experience

• Ability to read schematic/layout
• System debug experience
• Embedded programming and good knowledge of OS internals (Linux/Unix)

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.