Senior Principal Validation Engineer

Astera Labs(12 days ago)

San Jose, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$205,000 - $255,000Hardware Engineering

About this role

A Senior Principal Validation Engineer at Astera Labs leads post‑silicon validation and characterization efforts for mixed‑signal designs, ensuring silicon meets performance, reliability, and specification targets. The role partners with cross‑functional teams to translate architectural goals into measurable validation outcomes and to influence product direction. This position is based in San Jose and requires on‑site presence.

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Required Skills

Mixed-Signal
Post-Silicon
Validation
Characterization
Test Automation
Python
C++
Signal Integrity
Retimers
Debugging

Qualifications

BS in Electrical Engineering
MS in Electrical Engineering (Preferred)

About Astera Labs

asteralabs.com

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.