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.
Role Overview
Astera Labs is seeking a principal board NPI planner to drive material and production readiness for new hardware products, from early engineering builds through manufacturing ramp. You will turn complex requirements into executable plans, ensuring PCBA components, assemblies, suppliers, and build schedules are aligned to program milestones.
This role is central to bringing purpose-built connectivity solutions to market quickly and reliably as Astera Labs scales its rack-scale AI infrastructure portfolio. You will work across engineering, operations, procurement, and quality to support order fulfillment, surface risks early, resolve constraints, and improve launch execution in a fast-moving semiconductor environment.
Key Responsibilities
· Planning & Execution
o Own PCBA planning activities through production ramp readiness.
o Build and maintain detailed build plans covering BOM readiness, material availability, purchase orders, supplier commitments, and production milestones.
o Track planning-system transactions, inventory, shortages, and material status to keep the builds on schedule.
o Support order fulfillment against internal and external demand.
o Support local manufacturing activities and resolve execution issues as they arise.
· Cross-Functional & Manufacturing Coordination
o Partner with hardware engineering, operations, procurement, and the internal contract manufacturing team to align demand, supply, and execution plans.
o Coordinate PCBA readiness across component suppliers, PCB and assembly partners, and test or manufacturing teams.
o Support build execution by monitoring work-in-progress, finished goods, configuration changes, and handoffs into sustaining or high-volume manufacturing.
· Risk Management & Launch Communication
o Identify material shortages, supplier constraints, capacity gaps, and schedule risks, then drive mitigation plans to protect launch milestones.
o Prepare clear status reports, readiness assessments, and escalation materials for program and operations reviews.
o Analyze supply, delivery, and cost tradeoffs and recommend actions that improve schedule predictability and inventory efficiency.
Basic Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field.
· 8+ years of experience in NPI planning, supply chain planning, production planning, or manufacturing operations.
· Experience in PCBA hardware manufacturing, specifically within electronics assembly and contract manufacturing environments.
· Strong working knowledge of material requirements planning, supply-demand planning, inventory management, and supplier coordination.
· Experience building and managing detailed schedules across multiple cross-functional stakeholders.
· Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and hands-on experience with ERP or MRP systems, with strong analytical and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience supporting new product introductions for data center or AI infrastructure products.
· Familiarity with PCBAs, bills of material, approved vendor lists, engineering changes, component lifecycle management, and manufacturing readiness gates.
· Experience working with global suppliers, contract manufacturers, and manufacturing partners in Asia.
· Experience creating planning dashboards, shortage reports, and data-driven operating metrics using Microsoft tools.
· Ability to influence cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and drive timely resolution in a high-growth environment.
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 Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in NPI planning, supply chain planning, production planning, or manufacturing operations
- Experience in PCBA hardware manufacturing, electronics assembly, and contract manufacturing environments
- Working knowledge of material requirements planning, supply-demand planning, inventory management, and supplier coordination
- Experience building and managing detailed schedules across multiple cross-functional stakeholders
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Hands-on experience with ERP or MRP systems
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Experience supporting new product introductions for data center or AI infrastructure products
- Familiarity with PCBAs, bills of material, approved vendor lists, engineering changes, component lifecycle management, and manufacturing readiness gates
- Experience working with global suppliers, contract manufacturers, and manufacturing partners in Asia
- Experience creating planning dashboards, shortage reports, and data-driven operating metrics using Microsoft tools
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams, manage competing priorities, and drive timely resolution
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.
