Astera Labs
Principal Product Applications Engineer – Memory & CXL
$175K–$230K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- Typically 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Supports customer integration, bring-up, debugging, and production deployment of Leo Smart Memory Controller and Extender solutions in server, AI, and datacenter platforms.
What you'll do
- Serve as a technical contact for customers and support platform integration, bring-up, debugging, and deployment.
- Analyze memory and system issues, coordinate root-cause resolution with internal teams, and support CXL, PCIe, and other high-speed interface integration.
- Translate customer needs into engineering feedback and create technical documentation and customer-facing materials.
What they ask for
- Significant hands-on DDR/DRAM and memory subsystem experience in a relevant computing environment.
- Experience with memory bring-up, debugging, validation, integration, or system-level troubleshooting.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Strong technical communication and cross-disciplinary problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with CXL or CXL memory, PCIe, or other high-speed interconnects.
- Firmware or platform software development/debugging, particularly with C/C++; experience with BIOS, UEFI, BMC, or OpenBMC.
Pay
$175,000 – $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
DDR/DRAM, CXL, PCIe, C/C++, BIOS, UEFI, BMC, OpenBMC
AI focus
Supports deployment of memory controller and extender products in next-generation AI platforms; no AI model development is stated.
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