Astera Labs
The Principal Mechanical Engineer leads the mechanical design of Astera Labs' paddlecards and manufacturing test fixtures, ensuring reliable, production-ready hardware for hyperscaler deployment. This role involves setting mechanical and test strategies across the product lifecycle, from concept through ramp, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize quality and speed. The position requires expertise in high-speed board design, thermal analysis, and manufacturing test development to support volume production.
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, United States
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2017
Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that builds purpose‑built connectivity silicon and system solutions for rack‑scale AI and modern data centers. They design high‑speed retimers, PHY/connectivity devices, interposers and companion firmware/software that extend signal reach, improve link reliability, and enable PCIe/CXL and other accelerator interconnects across cables and backplanes. Astera’s products add telemetry, error monitoring and management features to simplify integration for OEMs, cloud providers and hyperscalers. The company focuses on enabling scalable, low‑latency multi‑node AI training and inference systems.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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