Manager, ATE Test Engineering
Astera Labs · San Jose, California, United States
Posted 19 days ago · $195,000 to $250,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 19 days Astera Labs's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 43% of Astera Labs's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Astera Labs
- high 116 stale, 8 reposted of 160 open
- Hiring momentum
- 218 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
Astera Labs is looking for a Manager of ATE Test Engineering to lead their Test Engineering team in San Jose, CA. This role involves driving high-speed product development from silicon bring-up through high-volume manufacturing, shaping test strategies, and ensuring product quality. The manager will collaborate with various teams to optimize testing processes and improve product readiness for AI infrastructure.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Astera Labs as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related technical field
- 8+ years of experience developing and supporting ATE test solutions for complex high-speed products or SoC products
- 3+ years of managerial experience building and leading a Test engineering team
- Working knowledge of high-speed protocols and physical-layer behavior, including PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, NVMe, or USB
- Experience with ATE program development, silicon bring-up, bench-to-ATE correlation, production debug, and test-time optimization
- Ability to communicate clearly, manage competing priorities, and partner effectively across technical and manufacturing organizations
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field
- Experience leading wafer-sort and final-test hardware development, including high-speed load-board design
- Strong knowledge of DFT techniques such as SCAN, MBIST, SerDes, and functional test, plus control interfaces including I2C, I3C, SPI, MDIO, and JTAG
- Experience testing high-speed SerDes operating at 16 Gbps or higher, including external loopback at wafer sort
- Proficiency in C/C++ or Python for ATE programming, data processing, and automation; familiarity with modern databases and RF testing on ATE platforms
What you get
- Salary range is $195,000 to $250,000 depending on experience, level, and business need
- This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, incentives and benefits
Worth weighing
- Salary range provided, but specific benefits beyond bonuses and incentives are not detailed
- The role requires managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, which may imply high pressure
- Focus on high-speed products may involve working with complex technologies that require continuous learning
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Listed by Astera Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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