Astera Labs
Senior Principal Technologist – Memory
$205K–$255K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 18, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- At least 10 years developing memory-related solutions and integrating them into data-center systems or racks.
- Education
- BS in Electrical or computer engineering; MS or PhD preferred.
About the job
Shapes and advances data-center memory solutions by defining future product architectures, engaging customers, and influencing product features and roadmaps.
What you'll do
- Define system, SoC memory-subsystem, and product architectures for data-center memory solutions.
- Engage customers and industry partners to understand technical challenges, present solutions, and influence product features and roadmaps.
- Drive cross-functional technical initiatives and hardware-software integration.
What they ask for
- Deep experience with PCIe 5/6 and CXL, including protocol-level knowledge.
- Expertise in OS software integration, memory components, and silicon architecture and development, especially SoCs with memory controllers.
- Strong understanding of data-center system architecture and full-stack solutions from silicon to application integration.
- Customer-facing experience articulating technical concepts, influencing decisions, and building business cases.
Nice to have
- Expertise in JEDEC-defined memory interface specifications, memory ECC, and error handling.
- Experience with product integration involving BIOS, kernel, OS, tooling, and BMCs; board and system design; or hands-on silicon development.
Pay
$205,000 to $255,000 USD base salary
Tools
PCIe 5/6, CXL, DRAM, DDR*, LPDDR*, HBM, BIOS, BMCs
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