# Hardware Board Validation Engineering, Director at Astera Labs

- Company: Astera Labs
- What the company does: Astera Labs: Purpose-Built Connectivity for Rack-Scale AI.
- Company website: https://www.asteralabs.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $239K to $265K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asteralabs/jobs/4739324005?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astera-labs-hardware-board-validation-engineering-director/

## About the role

Astera Labs is seeking a Director of Hardware Board Validation Engineering to lead the development, bring-up, and validation of board products that enable rack-scale AI infrastructure. Working closely with ASIC, systems, firmware, signal integrity, power integrity, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and customer engineering teams, you will guide products from concept and architecture through qualification and mass production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field. Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred
- 12 - 15+ years of relevant experience, consistent with Astera Labs’ standardized Director level
- Technical management experience leading hardware design, validation, or system engineering teams
- Experience with system-level board design from component selection and schematic capture through board bring-up, debug, optimization, validation, and production release
- Strong background in high-speed board design for enterprise, data center, server, storage, networking, or AI infrastructure systems
- Strong cross-functional collaboration, technical communication, prioritization, and independent problem-solving skills

Tags: Hardware Engineering

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