QA Firmware Engineer, Astera Labs

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical or software engineering. At a minimum, a Bachelor’s in EE or Computer Science is required, and a Master’s is preferred
• Minimum 5 years’ experience supporting or developing complex SoC/silicon products for Server, Storage, and/or Networking applications
• Experience validating firmware for complex SoCs using white-box testing methodology on a per-module basis and black-box testing for the full firmware implementation
• Acumen to analyze customer use cases, write stress/negative tests and triage test execution failures
• Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior with a can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!
• Authorized to work in the US and available to start immediately
• High level of proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including development of C-based SDKs
• High level of proficiency in Python and test automation tools (eg. Pytest)
• Working knowledge of software/firmware build environments, gcc/Make, CI/CD tools such as Git & Jenkins
• Direct experience working on products with high-speed interfaces common in Data Center equipment such as PCI- Express (Gen-3 and above), Ethernet (25G and above), DDR, NVMe, etc
• Fundamental understanding of secure software including cryptography, authentication/attestation, chains of trust and common SW vulnerabilities

Desirable

• The mission of this role is to validate the COSMOS Firmware and associated SDKs for Astera Labs’ SoC and systems products
• The COSMOS suite is a major differentiator for Astera Labs’ products and as such, it is considered equally important to the hardware
• Working alongside the development team, the Firmware QA Engineer is responsible for creating test plans, coding well-defined test procedures and executing them to verify the implementation