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Senior Field Applications Engineer

1/10/2026

As a Senior Field Applications Engineer, you will act as a technical advisor to cloud service providers and hardware designers, helping them design solutions using Astera Labs' connectivity products. You will also provide hands-on support and collaborate with engineering teams to drive product innovation.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

201-500 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Astera Labs is a global leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions that unlock the full potential of AI and cloud infrastructure. Our Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates PCIe®, CXL®, and Ethernet semiconductor-based solutions and the COSMOS software suite of system management and optimization tools to deliver a software-defined architecture that is both scalable and customizable. Inspired by trusted relationships with hyperscalers and the data center ecosystem, we are an innovation leader delivering products that are flexible and interoperable. Discover how we are transforming modern data-driven applications at www.asteralabs.com.
About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><p><span data-teams="true">Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at <a id="menurhut" class="fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="http://www.asteralabs.com/" target="_blank">www.asteralabs.com</a>.</span></p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As an Astera Labs Field Applications Engineer, you will be a trusted technical advisor to the world’s leading cloud service providers, server hardware designers, and networking OEMs, as you work closely with them to design solutions that use Astera Labs’ portfolio of connectivity products. In this role, you will identify and understand customer requirements, propose Astera Labs solutions, and provide hands-on design-in support. You will have an important role in driving innovation, partnering with customers as well as with our world-class engineering teams. Your feedback will help drive the product roadmap to deliver results and value to the customer.</p> <p><strong>Basic Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>BS in electrical engineering. Master’s degree in engineering is preferred.</li> <li>Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with Cloud service providers and server OEM customers to design in complex SoC/silicon products for Server &amp; Storage.</li> <li>Customer-oriented, Goal-driven, Self-motivated, be able to work independently and be able to travel frequently to customer sites.</li> <li>Entrepreneurial, open-mind behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!</li> </ul> <p><strong>Required Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hands-on, thorough knowledge of high-speed protocols like 25G, 50G, 100G Ethernet etc.</li> <li>Experience with QSFP, QSFP-DD, and OSFP pluggable modules development/support.</li> <li>Silicon/System bring-up and debug experience in customer systems.</li> <li>Experience working with Contract Manufactures to support NPI and Volume Production.</li> <li>Experience with high-speed Signal Integrity issues.</li> <li>Experience with lab equipment including protocol analyzers and oscilloscopes<strong>.</strong></li> <li>Experience with Python scripting or other equivalent programming languages.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>Development/support for Ethernet Switch products.</li> <li>Understanding and Capturing performance metrics like Latency, Bandwidth, Power for CPU, Memory, PCIe, DDR.</li> <li>Knowledge of simulation, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium and others etc.</li> <li>Development/support for Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, DDR4/ DDR5 in Data Center Systems.</li> <li>Strong working knowledge of PCIe LTSSM at a physical layer level, associated standards, and debug</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.</p></div>
Key Skills
High-Speed ProtocolsEthernetSoC DesignCustomer SupportSignal IntegrityPython ScriptingSilicon DebugNPI SupportLab EquipmentQSFP ModulesCXLPCIeDDR4DDR5Performance MetricsPCB Layout
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