Astera Labs · 3 hours ago
Principal Engineering Program Manager (EPM)
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
10+ years expAstera Labs is a company that provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. They are seeking a Principal Engineering Program Manager to lead the development, qualification, and release to manufacturing of ASIC products, ensuring that projects are delivered on time, on budget, and with high quality.
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Responsibilities
Be the point of contact within Astera for all matters relating to ASIC programs
Own the on-time, on-spec, on-budget and with high-quality delivery of ASIC products from concept through production (architecture, RTL design, verification, physical design, tapeout, validation, customer evaluation, qualification, RTM)
Program planning, schedules, budgeting, risk assessment, resource planning and management, and tracking related program activities
Review, disposition and communicate changes in scope / schedule / expense
Conduct regular meetings to ensure cross-functional teams are clear on expectations, and problem-solving actions are in place to address issues in a timely manner
Maintain adequate technical depth and managerial skill to address program and product issues
Be the champion of your programs and maintain management and key stakeholder alignment
Collaborate with the team to ensure customer expectations are exceeded
Actively contribute to organizational development and process improvement initiatives
Qualification
Required
Bachelors' or Masters' Degree in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering
10 or more years of relevant ASIC product experience in an electronics product or semiconductor company
Proficiency in ASIC development workflow including hands-on experience in one or more the following domains: Digital design/RTL, DSP or Physical Design
Experience in solving technical problems in pre-silicon or post-silicon environment
Experience building new ASIC products in advanced technology nodes (< 10 nm)
Technical appreciation of ASIC engineering flows (front end and backend development processes, product and test engineering, char and validation, hardware/firmware/software design)
Program management and analytical skills, ability to organize information for internal and external consumption
Able to motivate and energize teams and lead by influence in a matrixed organization
Able to take timely decisions with limited or incomplete information
Strong communication skills and the ability to keep calm and make progress in high stress situations
Ability to travel to Astera Labs' sites as required
Preferred
5 or more years of experience as an ASIC Program Manager is a plus
Experience working on ASICs for PCI-E, memory or data communication products is a plus
Working knowledge of Microsoft Project, Atlassian Tools and JIRA Scrum Methodologies as well as using work breakdown structure to identify objectives and milestones is a plus
Company
Astera Labs
Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that provides connectivity solutions for intelligent systems.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$206.35MKey Investors
Fidelity
2024-03-20IPO
2022-11-17Series D· $150M
2021-09-27Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Jitendra Mohan
CEO
Casey Morrison
Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder
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