<div class="content-intro"><p><span data-teams="true">Astera Labs (NASDAQ: ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions. By collaborating with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, Astera Labs enables organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI. Astera Labs’ Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates CXL®, Ethernet, NVLink, PCIe®, and UALink™ semiconductor-based technologies with the company’s COSMOS software suite to unify diverse components into cohesive, flexible systems that deliver end-to-end scale-up, and scale-out connectivity. The company’s custom connectivity solutions business complements its standards-based portfolio, enabling customers to deploy tailored architectures to meet their unique infrastructure requirements. Discover more at <a id="menurhut" class="fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn" href="http://www.asteralabs.com/" target="_blank">www.asteralabs.com</a>.</span></p></div><p><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Principal Engineer – Embedded Firmware & Software</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":360,"335559739":80}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="First Paragraph" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"276295ed-5df2-5456-988c-5fdbab071054|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"24",335559739,"180",335559738,"180",469775450,"First Paragraph",201340122,"2",134234082,"true",134233614,"true",469778129,"FirstParagraph",335572020,"1",469775498,"Body Text",469778324,"Body Text"]}">Location: Toronto or Ottawa, Ontario (Remote)</span></span> <br><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="First Paragraph">Travel: Occasional travel to Astera Labs’ San Jose headquarters, </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="First Paragraph">approximately twice</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="First Paragraph"> per year, for chip bring-up and project coordination</span></span> <br><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="First Paragraph">Employment: Full-time</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">Role Overview</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">Join Astera Labs’ Signal Connectivity Engineering team as a Principal </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">Engineer</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text"> shaping the firmware and software that makes advanced connectivity products adaptive, reliable, and </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">production-ready</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">. You will own embedded software across analog connectivity and Ethernet </span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">retimer</span><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text"> platforms, from low-level hardware abstraction and calibration through link management, diagnostics, validation, and customer deployment.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">This is a high-impact role at the intersection of embedded systems, mixed-signal hardware, and Ethernet physical-layer behavior. You will work across architecture, lab debug, automation, and customer integration while partnering with silicon, analog, systems, validation, and applications teams. Your work will help deliver purpose-built connectivity for rack-scale AI infrastructure as Astera Labs continues to scale.</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Body Text">Key Responsibilities</span></span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":180,"335559739":180}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Firmware Architecture & Product Ownership</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <ul> <li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335551671":0,"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-parastyle="Compact" data-ccp-parastyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"eafb41c0-47a4-52dc-ac6b-3b5a7536b560|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"24",335559739,"36",335559738,"36",469775450,"Compact",201340122,"2",134234082,"true",134233614,"true",469778129,"Compact",335572020,"1",469778324,"Body Text"]}">Own the embedded firmware stack from hardware abstraction and device driver