Principal Firmware Engineer
Astera LabsSan Jose, California, United States
Posted December 23, 2025
203000 - 230000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Astera Labs provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions.
Job Description
Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Firmware Engineer to architect and develop firmware and microcontroller subsystems for its SoC and systems products. The successful candidate will have a strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering and a minimum of 8 years' experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products.
Requirements
- Strong academic and technical background in electrical engineering
- Minimum 8 years' experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products
- Experience developing firmware to execute in on-chip microcontrollers
- Experience working with logic designers to architect and verify HW-SW interfaces on complex SoCs
- Experience developing embedded firmware for PCIe products
- High level of proficiency in C or C++
- High level of proficiency in Python
- Working knowledge of software/firmware build environments, gcc/Make, Doxygen, and GitHub
- Hands-on experience with Server, Storage, and/or Networking equipment