Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com.
Title: Lead Firmware QA Engineer, Astera Labs, Bengaluru, India.
Astera Labs Inc., a leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions for data-centric systems, is seeking Lead Software QA Engineer for their Bengaluru (India) Design Center. Partnering with leading processor and GPU vendors, cloud service providers, world-class manufacturing companies, Astera Labs is helping data-centric system designers remove performance bottlenecks in compute-intensive workloads such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (EE) or Computer Science is required; a master’s or PhD in EE is preferred with minimum 4 years of experience.
Required Experience:
- Experienced and detail oriented PCIe switch test engineer with solid understanding of PCIe protocol.
- Estimate work, identify dependencies and develop schedules.
- Responsible for designing and executing functional, performance, interoperability and stress tests.
- Work closely with Silicon team, architecture team, FW development team to understand the design and develop test strategies.
- Responsible for manual and automation testing.
- Strong knowledge of scripting ( Python ) is must.
- Responsible for automation development and manual testing.
- Perform Signal integrity and protocol level validation.
- Closely work with development teams to triage and debug issues.
- Knowledge of collecting PCIe trace using PCIe analyzer and analyzing the trace to triage issues.
- Experience in PRBS testing, loopback and margining tests.
- Good understanding of OOB testing and Protocols like MCTP, I2C, SPDM etc.
- Experience is PCIe compliance testing is a plus.
- Regularly working with Hyperscale's and Tier 1 OEMs to communicate plans and status, address escalations, deliver on SLAs.
- Knowledge in validation of NIC controllers and storage controllers is preferred.
- Requirements management and traceability through software development phases.
- Mentoring and coaching team members to help them excel in their jobs.
- Power user of Git, Jira and Confluence.
We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- Minimum 4 years of experience
- Experience testing PCIe switches and strong understanding of the PCIe protocol
- Experience designing and executing functional, performance, interoperability, and stress tests
- Experience with manual and automated testing
- Strong Python scripting knowledge
- Experience with signal integrity and protocol-level validation
- Experience collecting and analyzing PCIe traces using a PCIe analyzer
- Experience with PRBS, loopback, and margining tests
- Understanding of OOB testing and MCTP, I2C, and SPDM protocols
- Experience with PCIe compliance testing
- Knowledge of NIC controller and storage controller validation
- Experience with requirements management and traceability through software development phases
- Experience using Git, Jira, and Confluence
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering
Astera Labs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health plans are described as competitive and employer-subsidized, covering medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents. Company materials and listings consistently emphasize strong core healthcare coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible time off is highlighted alongside paid company holidays, with guidance indicating generous PTO when coordinated with teams. Documented policies also point to robust time-off structures across locations.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock-based compensation is a meaningful part of total pay, with RSUs and an employee stock purchase plan noted as part of the package. Public-company status enhances perceived value and accessibility of equity components.
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What We Do
Astera Labs Inc., a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, is a leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions for data-centric systems throughout the data center. Partnering with leading processor vendors, cloud service providers, seasoned investors, and world-class manufacturing companies, Astera Labs is helping customers remove performance bottlenecks in data-intensive systems that are limiting the true potential of applications such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company’s product portfolio includes system-aware semiconductor integrated circuits, boards, and services to enable robust CXL, PCIe, and Ethernet connectivity.
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