Principal Product Application Engineer (AE, Scorpio)

Join Astera Labs as a Principal Product Application Engineer. In this role, you will provide technical guidance to ODMs, generate collateral for existing and new products, and drive innovation by providing feedback to internal teams. You will need a strong background in electrical engineering, experience with PCIe/CXL, and a can-do attitude. Benefits include flexible time off, parental leave, 401K, and competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.

Responsibilities

• Fournir des conseils techniques aux ODM pour surmonter les défis de conception et générer des documents pour les produits existants et nouveaux.
• Soutenir le développement et l'intégration de produits semi-conducteurs pour PCIe/CXL, y compris la résolution de problèmes en laboratoire.
• Assumer la responsabilité technique de la résolution des problèmes, en dirigeant et en orientant les équipes internes.
• Technical ownership of issue resolution: Driving and directing internal teams, and driving communication to customers through FAE and sales teams
• Technical writing skills to generate clear, precise documentation including application notes and similar guides for internal and customer-facing audiences
• Triaging complex customer reported issues which require taking into account multiple layers of conditions; for instance, silicon, firmware, hardware board design, and system environment

Requirements

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering. At minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE is required, Master’s is preferred
• Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience designing in complex SoC/silicon products with a high speed (preferably PCIe) interface
• Firsthand experience with lab equipment such as protocol analyzers/exercisers, high-speed oscilloscopes, or BERTs

Silicon/System bring-up and debug experience in customer systems

• Global customer engagement support, with travel as required for on-site activities, reviews, and system bring-up
• Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet Switch or Retimer products

PCIe compliance testing methodology and troubleshooting

• Comfort working with software/firmware associated with semiconductor products, such as; Firmware development with C-language, scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages
• Understanding of Data Center systems like Servers, JBOGs/JBODs, Networking switches/routers/interconnects etc

Preferred

• Strong working knowledge of PCIe LTSSM at a physical layer level, associated standards, and debug. Most recent experience with PCIe 4.0 at a minimum, some experience with 5.0/CXL preferred