Senior Field Applications Engineer at Astera Labs

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

15 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

18 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Electrical Engineering, Cloud Service Providers, SoC Design, Customer Support, High-Speed Protocols, Silicon Debugging, Lab Equipment, Board Design, Data Center Systems, Firmware Development, Scripting, Simulation Tools, PCB Layout, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Customer-Oriented, Goal-Driven

Industry

Semiconductor Manufacturing

Description

Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions grounded in open standards. 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, 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. Discover more at www.asteralabs.com. Job Description As an Astera Labs Senior FAE, you will establish yourself as trusted technical advisor to the world’s leading cloud service providers, server and network OEMs by working with them to design solutions that use Astera Labs’ portfolio of connectivity products. In this role, you will need to identify and understand customer requirements, propose Astera Labs solutions that provide clear value to the customer and provide hands-on design-in support. You will drive innovation by gathering customer requirements, defining new products and working with some of the brightest engineers in the industry. Basic qualifications BS in electrical engineering. Master’s degree in engineering is preferred. Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with Cloud service providers and server OEM customers to design in complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications. Customer-oriented, Goal-driven, Self-motivated, be able to work independently and be able to travel frequently to customer sites Fluent in Mandarin and English Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind! Required experience Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed protocols like PCIe, Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc. Silicon/System bring-up and debug experience in customer systems. Experience with lab equipment including protocol analyzers and oscilloscopes. A strong background in high-speed board design techniques, and understanding of Data Center systems like Servers, JBOGs/JBODs, Networking switches/routers etc. Preferred experience Firmware development with C-language, scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages. Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet Switch products. Knowledge of simulation/modeling, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium and others etc. Knowledge of simulation tools such as Keysight ADS, Mathworks QCD, etc. for IBIS-AMI analysis. 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.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Field Applications Engineer, you will act as a trusted technical advisor to leading cloud service providers and OEMs, designing solutions with Astera Labs' connectivity products. You will gather customer requirements, propose solutions, and provide hands-on design-in support.