Astera Labs
Principal Hardware Validation Engineer
$185K–$240K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 3+ years in hardware test or design.
- Education
- Bachelor degree in EE
About the job
Validates Astera Labs’ PCBAs and related hardware products, from design risk reduction through lab bring-up, electrical testing, debugging, and system-validation support.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute electrical validation plans for PCBAs; document test results.
- Debug hardware failures, rework components, and support circuit and module de-risking from project kick-off to gerber out.
- Specify test equipment, develop fixtures, improve lab functions, and collaborate with design and system-validation teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor degree in EE and 3+ years of experience in hardware test or design.
- Strong electronic circuit analysis, testing, and debug skills; expert understanding of power regulators, PDNs, Bode, and clock generators.
- Ability to derive test descriptions from schematics and execute and document tests; knowledge of the hardware product lifecycle from Project Kick-off to RTM.
- Experience with lab equipment for hardware test, such as oscilloscopes, e-loads, VNA, TDR, and environmental chambers.
Nice to have
- Measurements of high-speed interfaces; EMI/EMC compliance; technical writing; PLM, Arena or equivalent; understanding of ASIC/silicon product development.
- Automating lab equipment; Python preferred.
Pay
$185,000 USD - $240,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, PCIe, DDR, 25/50G/100G SERDES, I2C, SPI, Arena, VNA
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