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Principal Supplier Quality Engineer /China

Astera Labs · Suzhou Qu, Gansu, China

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
83 days
Astera Labs's roles stay open a median of 87 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
43% of Astera Labs's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Astera Labs
high
160 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
2026-10-29

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About this role

The Principal Supplier Quality Engineer will lead supplier and manufacturing quality engineering efforts at Astera Labs, focusing on semiconductor and optical products, as well as rack-scale systems. Responsibilities include managing supplier quality activities, conducting audits, resolving customer quality issues, and leveraging data analytics to predict quality issues. The role requires collaboration with various teams and may involve significant international travel.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of career progression in supplier quality engineering in the semiconductor, rack-scale system, optics, and/or board-level electronics industry
  • 3+ years direct experience working embedded within a high volume advanced manufacturing operation in an engineering role
  • Experience interfacing with customers to handle customer quality issues, customer audits, RMA requests and other technical requests
  • Strong knowledge of IC fabrication, packaging, test processes, board assembly, and optical product manufacturing and testing
  • Proficiency with quality engineering tools (FMEA, APQP, PPAP, SPC, OE, etc.)

Nice to have

  • Experience with supplier development in Asia with global manufacturing supply chains
  • Six Sigma or ASQ certification
  • Experience using analytics tools (e.g., JMP, SQL, Excel) to support quality insights
  • Exposure to AI/ML frameworks

Worth weighing

  • International travel required, potentially up to 50%
  • Experience with AI/ML tools is a plus but not mandatory
  • The role requires strong project management and problem-solving skills, indicating a potentially high-pressure environment

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Listed by Astera Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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