Senior Firmware Engineer, Astera Labs

DDR Memory

Salary not provided

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Purpose-built connectivity solutions

Job no longer available

Purpose-built connectivity solutions

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceData storageEnterpriseMachine Learning

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceData storageEnterpriseMachine Learning

Company mission

To be a trusted partner for distributing data in intelligent systems.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering / Electronics / Computer Science or related fields
3+ years of experience on writing and maintaining FW for DDR or related memory technologies
Strong Firmware development skills in C within Embedded environments
Good understanding of DDR4/5, Optane memory technologies at the controller and PHY Level
Good knowledge in DDR training and/or controller features including RAS
Ability to plan implementation and unit level testing of DDR features

Desirable

Post-Silicon validation and bring-up of memory interfaces
Knowledge of memory validation and electrical validation of DDR protocol
Knowledge of advanced features in DDR5 like ECS/PPR/Chip Kill
Knowledge of memory performance tuning for latency and bandwidth

What the job involves

As an Astera Labs Senior Firmware Engineer, you will be designing and developing Firmware for validation and productization of DDR4/5 and other future looking memory technologies for Astera Labs CXL solutions

Our take

Astera Labs was founded in 2017 to help companies ease bottlenecks in computing-intensive tasks. This is a problem that has become increasingly urgent with the rapid development of AI technology, and constitutes what Astera Labs has described as an addressable market that will reach $8 billion by 2025.

Astera Labs has had a particularly quick start as the pace of digital transformation has continued to accelerate amongst companies, enabling it to grow despite the recent economic slowdown. On top of this, its fabless approach facilitates faster scaling, helping to position the company as a market-leading connectivity provider.

With this remarkable growth and significant funding at its back, the company has cultivated a strong reputation and a range of products that tightly address pressing market issues. Lately, it has focused on growing its products and operations, particularly in North America and Asia, as well as expanding into Canada and achieving an IPO in 2024.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

46% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Nov 2022

$150m

SERIES D

Sep 2021

$50m

SERIES C

Total funding: $206.4m

Company benefits

Flexible time off in the US
Parental leave
Competitive medical, dental and vision plans
401K
Retirement and pension plans

Company HQ

Santa Clara, CA

Leadership

Jitendra Mohan

(CEO)

After graduating with a Master's in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, they were Design Director at the National Semiconductor Corporation.

Casey Morrison

(Co-Founder & CPO)

Previously Systems Engineering Manager, Member of Group Technical Staff at Texas Instruments.

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