Senior/Staff Electronics Engineer - Board Validation
Astera Labs · San Jose, California, United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 50 days Astera Labs's roles stay open a median of 55 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 43% of Astera Labs's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Astera Labs
- high 133 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
- 2026-09-27
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About this role
As a Senior/Staff Electronics Engineer at Astera Labs, you will be part of the Hardware Electrical Validation team, focusing on the electrical validation of PCBAs and related hardware products. Your role involves developing validation plans, debugging complex hardware issues, and collaborating with various teams to ensure the reliability of designs from project initiation through to production. You will also be responsible for specifying test equipment and improving lab functions.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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
- Demonstrated strong skills in electronic circuit analysis, comprehensive testing and debug
- Bachelor degree in EE with 3+ years of experience in hardware test or design
- Expert understanding of design and test for power regulators, PDNs, Bode, clock generators
- Ability to produce test description from a schematic design, and execute and document results
- Demonstrated knowledge of the full hardware product lifecycle from Project Kick-off to RTM
- Lab equipment for hardware test - oscilloscopes, e-loads, VNA, TDR, environmental chambers, etc.
Nice to have
- Measurements of high-speed interfaces - PCIe, DDR, 25/50G/100G SERDES, etc.
- EMI/EMC compliance
- Technical writing skills - ECOs, Bug Reports, Rework WIs, MCOs, etc.
- PLM, Arena or equivalent
- Understanding of the ASIC/silicon product development process
What you get
- Base salary range is $185,000 USD - $240,000 USD
Worth weighing
- Role is focused on electrical validation of PCBAs, not post-silicon validation
- Collaboration with multiple teams may require flexibility in responsibilities
- No specific mention of remote work options or additional benefits beyond salary
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Listed by Astera Labs on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-27. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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