Astera Labs
Sr. Software Engineer - Manufacturing Data & Test Infrastructure
$135K–$170K
San Jose, California, United States +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, California, United States
California - Experience
- 3+ years building and operating backend systems, data systems, developer infrastructure, or internal platforms.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a rated field.
About the job
Own and improve software platforms for manufacturing and hardware-test data, automation, reliability, and failure analysis.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain data pipelines and tools that collect, standardize, and help engineers analyze manufacturing and test data.
- Maintain test automation and failure-analysis systems, including workflows that process results, classify failures, and route issues.
- Operate and improve platform services, monitoring, alerting, and internal diagnostic tools in collaboration with engineering teams and external partners.
What they ask for
- Strong Python skills for production services, scripts, libraries, or automation tools.
- Experience with large-scale data processing, structured data pipelines, data quality, and changing data formats.
- Experience with relational, analytical, or streaming data systems.
- Experience supporting CI/CD, Git-based workflows, Linux, containerized or cloud-based services, and monitoring or observability tools.
Nice to have
- Experience in semiconductors, hardware or manufacturing test, yield analysis, or manufacturing diagnostics.
- Experience with public cloud, infrastructure automation, external data exchange, or AI-assisted failure analysis.
Pay
$135,000 to $170,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, CI/CD, Git, Linux
AI focus
Build automated or AI-assisted debugging tools where they provide clear value; interest in AI-assisted failure analysis, debugging workflows, or internal knowledge tools.
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