Astera Labs
Product Quality Engineer (NCG)
About this role
Astera Labs seeks a Quality Engineer to perform failure analysis and root-cause investigation on high-speed semiconductor connectivity devices for AI infrastructure. You'll use advanced lab instrumentation to debug PCIe and Ethernet solutions, build analytical infrastructure, and collaborate across teams to ensure product reliability.
What you'll do
- Conduct root-cause analysis of failures across circuit, package, firmware, and protocol layers
- Develop databases and infrastructure to optimize failure analysis processes
- Perform high-speed SERDES and Ethernet device measurements using oscilloscopes, BERT, protocol analyzers, and related equipment
- Document quality engineering processes and methodologies for scalability
- Collaborate with design, validation, hardware, and systems teams on reliability improvements
- Support new product development with enhanced failure analysis capabilities
What they're looking for
- High-speed SERDES and signal integrity knowledge
- PCIe and Ethernet protocol understanding
- Lab instrumentation operation (oscilloscopes, BERT, TDR, spectrum analyzers, VNA)
- Hardware debugging and failure analysis
- Root-cause analysis methodology
- Technical documentation and communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking
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Astera Labs
Astera Labs designs high-speed semiconductor connectivity solutions and ASICs for AI infrastructure, including SerDes/PHY IP and CXL Smart Memory Controllers. The company is hiring design verification engineers, quality engineers, firmware engineers, and physical design engineers to develop and validate these advanced chips for cloud and hyperscale platforms.
View all jobs at Astera LabsLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience with high-speed serial interfaces like PCIe or Ethernet. Can you describe a specific debug or characterization project you worked on?
- Tell us about a time you used lab instrumentation (oscilloscope, BERT, TDR, spectrum analyzer) to diagnose a hardware issue. What was the problem and how did you solve it?