Astera Labs
Business Development Intern
San Jose, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
California - Education
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in business, business analytics, marketing, economics, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
About the job
Supports business development by researching markets, customers, and competitors and translating technical and commercial insights into product, partner, and go-to-market recommendations for connectivity solutions.
What you'll do
- Analyze interconnect technologies, competitors, customer workloads, and scale-up switch opportunities using research, models, and analytics tools.
- Create structured analyses, dashboards, business cases, and presentations; communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Collaborate across technical and business teams and own an internship project from scope through delivery.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in a relevant field.
- Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
- Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to collaborate across technical and business teams, manage details, and follow through.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with data center technologies such as PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, ESUN, NVLink, or UALink.
- Experience with business analyses, dashboards, presentations, or cross-functional collaboration.
Pay
$35/hour to $55/hour (hourly rate); $500-per-week (housing/relocation stipend)
Tools
PCIe Gen 6/7, UALink, ESUN, Python, Excel, Megatron-LM, CXL, NVLink
AI focus
Uses internal LLM-based market intelligence copilots, AI-assisted cost and die-size modeling, AI-driven cluster traffic generators and simulation frameworks, and internal analytics models to analyze workloads and telemetry and inform switch feature priorities.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative