# Principle Validation Engineer 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: Mid level
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $185K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asteralabs/jobs/4730850005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astera-labs-principle-validation-engineer/

## About the role

The mission of this role as a Principle Validation Engineer is to develop and execute electrical validation tests to quantify parametric device performance and margins over all system conditions. The validation team holds customers’ requirements in the highest regard and is solely responsible for certifying a product’s parametric conformance to this high bar.

## What they're looking for

- Strong academic and technical background in Electrical or Computer Engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor’s is required, and a Master’s is preferred
- 10 + years' experience testing, supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products and high-speed IO/SerDes electrical interface for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications
- Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, to plan and prepare for internal meetings in advance, and to work with minimal guidance and supervision
- Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!
- Proven track record solving problems independently, preferably as a tech lead
- Experience leading SoC validation, debug and development for high-speed interfaces such as 802.3x Ethernet and/or PCIe

Tags: Advanced Hardware Engineering