Job Description

The mission of this role is to architect and develop firmware and microcontroller subsystems for Astera Labs’ SoC and systems products. Firmware is responsible for implementing the major differentiating features of Astera Labs’ products. As such, firmware is considered equally important to the hardware, and the firmware team is often customer-facing accordingly to ensure the needs of the customer are fully comprehended.

Basic qualifications

• Strong academic and technical background in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Science engineering. At a minimum, a Bachelor’s 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 developing firmware to execute in on-chip microcontrollers as well as C-language software development kits (SDKs) to execute on system management controllers (e.g. BMC).

• Experience working with logic designers to architect and verify HW-SW interfaces on complex SoCs.

• Professional attitude with the ability to prioritize a dynamic list of multiple tasks, to plan and prepare for customer meetings in advance, and to work with minimal guidance and supervision.

• Entrepreneurial, open-minded behavior and can-do attitude. Think and act fast with the customer in mind!

Required experience

• MQX RTOS or ThreadX Development or enablement

• High level of proficiency in C (preferred) or C++, including development of C-based SDKs

• High level of proficiency in Python for automating pre-processors/post-processors and FW QC

• Working knowledge of software/firmware build environments, gcc/Make, Doxygen, and GitHub.

• Hands-on experience with Server, Storage, and/or Networking equipment (e.g. Network Switches).

• Familiarity with SoC interfaces to common IP blocks such as PCIe Controllers, DDR Controllers, NVME Controllers, AMBA/AHB interfaces, on-chip memory interfaces, and other similar interfaces

• Direct experience working on products with high-speed interfaces common in Data Center equipment: PCI- Express (Gen-3 and above), 100/400G Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc.

• Deep understanding of the L1, L2 and L3(good to have), and solid understanding of the IEEE 802.3(802.3df, 802.3db (good to have), 802.3de, 802.33dd)
• Experience developing the firmware for any of the TCP/IP based SoC (switch SoC or NIC function SoC) focusing on all aspects of RAS and its interface development for better user experience. 

Preferred experience

• Experience developing firmware to execute in on-chip microcontrollers as well as C-language SDKs to execute on system management controllers (e.g. BMC)

• Experience developing embedded firmware for PCIe or Ethernet Switch products

• Experience with industry forums and collaboration workgroups such as OCP and OpenBMC

Director, Firmware Engineering (PCIe)

Astera Labs 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 www.asteralabs.com.

Job Description

The mission of this role is to lead and scale the firmware engineering organization responsible for architecting and delivering firmware and microcontroller subsystems for Astera Labs’ SoC and systems products.

As a Director of Firmware Engineering, you will own the technical vision, execution strategy, and organizational development of the firmware team. You will be responsible for delivering highly differentiated firmware capabilities that are foundational to Astera Labs’ products across networking and compute infrastructure platforms.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring both deep technical expertise and strong people leadership. Firmware is considered equally important to hardware at Astera Labs, and this role will have significant customer visibility and cross-functional influence across silicon, systems, networking, and compute architecture teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing firmware engineering team, including hiring and organizational development
• Define and drive the firmware architecture and roadmap aligned with product and company strategy across networking and compute platforms
• Partner with hardware, ASIC, and system architecture teams (including network and compute architects) to define and deliver robust HW-SW interfaces
• Oversee execution of firmware development across multiple programs, ensuring quality, scalability, and on-time delivery
• Drive customer engagement, including supporting bring-up, debugging, and feature enablement in networking and compute deployments
• Establish best practices for firmware development, validation, release processes, and CI/CD infrastructure
• Influence product direction through deep technical insight into PCIe, system architecture, and network/compute workloads
• Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and execution excellence

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; Master’s preferred
• 12+ years of experience in firmware/software development for complex SoC/silicon products in networking and/or compute systems (server, storage, hyperscale infrastructure)
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams
• Proven track record of delivering complex firmware systems from architecture through production
• Strong understanding of modern data center architectures spanning networking and compute domains
• Strong ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to engage effectively with customers and cross-functional teams

Required Experience

• Deep expertise in PCIe (Gen5 and beyond), including debugging with analyzers and exercisers
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ and experience building firmware SDKs
• Experience with Python for automation, validation, and firmware quality
• Experience working closely with ASIC/SoC teams to define and validate HW-SW interfaces
• Familiarity with firmware development environments (gcc/Make, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, documentation tools)
• Experience with system-level interfaces including PCIe controllers, DDR, NVMe, and AMBA/AHB
• Hands-on experience with networking and/or compute system platforms, including server or hyperscale deployments

Preferred Experience

• Experience with PAM4 SerDes and understanding of link-level behaviors (equalization, CDR, link budgets)
• Hands-on experience with PCIe-based systems in server, storage, networking, and compute environments
• Experience with AIC firmware (NICs, switches) or PCIe/Ethernet switching stacks
• Experience working with data center networking stacks or compute acceleration platforms (e.g., GPU/AI systems)
• Background in embedded firmware for high-performance connectivity products

Key Skills & Requirements:

• Core Technical
• Strong Python proficiency — you'll refactor research code into robust, tested production pipelines daily
• Awareness of performance and optimisation — profiling, memory management, and computational efficiency when scaling research code across large universes
• Solid software engineering practices: version control, unit testing, code review, CI/CD, and refactoring — you care about code quality, not just code that works
• Comfortable on Linux platforms with working knowledge of shell scripting
• Experience with data analysis libraries (NumPy, SciPy, pandas) and handling large datasets
• Familiarity with databases and data infrastructure (SQL, data pipelines, or tools like ArcticDB)
• Exposure to ML/DL frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn) or LLM-related tooling
• Research & Domain
• Relevant mathematical knowledge — statistics, optimisation, or factor modeling — enough to understand the research you're productionising
• A keen interest in financial markets and how quantitative strategies are built and deployed
• Nice-to-Haves
• Prior internship in quantitative development, systematic investing, or front-office technology
• Education
• Currently enrolled at a top-tier university in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field with strong computational content

Key Skills & Experience:

• Core Technical
• Strong Python proficiency — you'll use it daily for signal research, backtesting, data processing, and prototyping
• Solid foundation in quantitative methods: statistics, probability, optimization, and factor modeling
• Hands-on experience with ML/DL (PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar) — not just coursework, but building and validating models end-to-end
• Practical exposure to LLMs and AI agents — whether prompt engineering, fine-tuning, or building LLM-powered research workflows
• Research & Domain
• Exposure to factor-based strategies, portfolio construction, or systematic alpha research — able to independently design, test, and critically evaluate signals with rigour
• Comfortable working with new or unstructured datasets — cleaning, exploring, and extracting value from imperfect data
• Ability to assist PMs with portfolio analytics — analysing return attribution, risk decomposition, and testing portfolio construction parameters
• Nice-to-Haves
• Prior internship in quantitative research or systematic investing
• Familiarity with China equity markets (A-shares, market structure)
• Versatility to move between research and engineering — equally comfortable exploring a novel idea and shipping high-quality code
• Education
• Currently enrolled at a top-tier university in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related quantitative field

Astera Labs is a global leader in purpose-built connectivity solutions that unlock the full potential of cloud and AI infrastructure. Our Intelligent Connectivity Platform integrates PCIe, CXL and Ethernet semiconductor-based solutions based on a software-defined architecture that is both scalable and customizable. Inspired by trusted partnerships with hyperscalers and the data center ecosystem, we are an innovation leader with products that are flexible, interoperable, and reliable. We are headquartered in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, with R&D centers and offices in Texas, Taiwan, China, Canada, and Israel. 

As an Astera Labs Product Applications Engineer, you will be part of a team that supports design-in of Astera Labs’ portfolio of connectivity products by the world’s leading cloud service providers and server and network OEMs. In this role, you will need to provide technical guidance to customers to overcome design challenges, generate collateral for existing and new products, and drive innovation by providing insightful feedback to other internal teams to continuously improve products and processes. You will investigate and duplicate issues reported by customers, and drive critical issues to resolution. There are opportunities to support key customers directly, and also to dive deep in the lab to address the challenges associated with leading edge semiconductor products.

Basic Qualifications

• Strong academic and technical background in electrical, electronics, or computer engineering or a closely related field. At a minimum, an engineering bachelor’s degree is required. A master’s degree is preferred.
• A minimum of 12 years’ experience working with cloud service providers or server or network OEM customers to design in complex SoC/silicon products for server, storage, and/or networking applications.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, open-minded approach, and can-do attitude. Think and act with the customer in mind!

Required Experience

• Silicon/system bring-up and debug experience in customer systems.
• Strong knowledge of embedded FW development and in-system debug
• Firmware development with C-language, scripting with Python or other equivalent programming languages.

• Strong knowledge of PCIe protocol, including LTSSM, EQ, DMA, etc.
• Strong knowledge of NRZ/PAM4 SerDes level debugging (TX/RX Equalization) in PCIe, Ethernet (25G and above), etc.
• Firsthand experience with lab equipment including traffic generators, analyzers, and high-speed oscilloscopes.

• Broad knowledge of NRZ/PAM4 SerDes-based protocols such as PCIe or Ethernet (25G and above).
• Understanding of Data Center systems such as servers, compute nodes, JBOGs/JBODs, and networking switches/routers/interconnects, etc.
• Technical writing skills and the ability to generate clear, precise documentation including datasheets, application notes, and similar guides for both internal audiences and customers.

Preferred Experience

• Broad knowledge of signal processing and ECC coding for communications
• Device driver development
• Development/support for PCIe or Ethernet switch products
• Working with silicon characterization/validation teams to ensure desired device performance is readily achievable in customer systems.
• Knowledge of simulation/modeling, schematic capture, and PCB layout tools from Cadence, Altium and others.
• Knowledge of simulation tools such as Keysight ADS, SiSoft QCD, and others, for IBIS-AMI analysis.
• A strong background in high-speed board design and techniques for preserving signal integrity.

Role summary

We are looking for a talented Strategy Lead, to shape Greater China’s strategic direction and put strategy into action. As a thought leader for China, you will dive into the intricacies of the cross-border payment business, grasp technical and commercial concepts and deeply understand the challenges and opportunities faced. Your primary responsibility will be end-to-end ownership of China strategy development to drive the growth of our China business. You must be an inspirational leader who can empower fellow team members, take initiates, and collaborate with colleagues from different cultures and time zones. You will report to Director of Revenue Operations & Strategy in Greater China, with strong visibility to Global SVP and Greater China General Manager

Location: Shanghai

On-site

Full-time

What you’ll do

1. Create actionable strategy for existing and new businesses in Greater China, embedded with market trends, customer insights, data analysis, and interlocked with our resources and product roadmap
2. Lead cross-functional strategic project and planning
3. Leverage inputs from internal team and external customer voices, to identify opportunities to grow our business and improve efficiency, and vocalize them in the leadership team
4. Create simple, effective structure to frame key business decisions so that we have higher chance of making the right decision and take faster actions
5. Use high impact communication to influence our China and Global team to take the right actions
6. Independently identify high value strategic topics to execute on, to truly lead China strategy

Who you are

1. A/B.Sc. from top Tier universities
2. 4-7 years of experience in top-tier strategy consulting firms, venture capital or tech strategy teams, with at least 2+ years leading teams. Experience in corporate roles is a plus, but not a must
3. Fluency in English, both verbal and written
4. Passion for technology, with project experience in tech / internet / finance industries

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At a Glance

We are looking for a Senior Specialist – Retail Talent Acquisition to independently lead hiring across a defined retail area. This role combines strong end-to-end execution with meaningful stakeholder partnership, bringing Talent Acquisition closer to the business and helping raise the quality and consistency of hiring decisions on the ground.

You will work closely with Store Leaders, Area Leads and BP's to manage searches, build proactive pipelines and support a more structured, high-quality approach to hiring. You will play an active role in the moments that matter most, from search strategy and candidate assessment to hiring days, calibration and store opening readiness.

This is a role for someone who wants to go beyond vacancy delivery and help shape a more embedded, premium and business-connected Retail TA model as On continues to scale.

Your Story

You are an experienced recruiter with strong Retail hiring expertise and a track record of delivering high-quality outcomes in fast-moving, people-intensive environments. You are confident running full-cycle hiring independently, but you also see your role as more than simply managing vacancies - you build trust with stakeholders, improve how hiring decisions are made, and bring a high level of care and quality to every search.

You understand the importance of staying close to the business. You are at your best when partnering directly with Store Leaders and Area Leads, helping them think more clearly about what great looks like, where to find it, and how to assess it well. You are organised, proactive and commercially grounded, with the judgement to balance pace with quality.

You are comfortable using data and market insight to shape conversations, challenge assumptions and improve hiring discipline. You care about candidate experience, but you also care about the strength and consistency of the hiring process itself. You are someone who spots opportunities to make things better and is motivated by being part of a broader shift in how Retail hiring is delivered.

You thrive in environments where standards are high, relationships matter and execution counts. You are ready to play a meaningful role in building a more premium and distinctive Retail TA model.

Your Mission

• Independently own full-cycle hiring across a defined retail area, with accountability for search progress, candidate experience and hiring outcomes.
• Partner closely with Store Leaders and Area Leads to understand hiring needs, shape search strategy and improve decision-making.
• Build and maintain proactive pipelines for recurring store roles, future openings and regional growth.
• Support and elevate key hiring moments, including interview activity, hiring days, talent calibration and store opening readiness.
• Be regularly present in stores and local markets so you understand the reality of the teams you are hiring for and can support leaders directly on the ground.
• Use data and funnel insight to diagnose bottlenecks, improve hiring discipline and guide stakeholder conversations with confidence.
• Reinforce high standards in assessment quality, process adherence and candidate care across all searches.
• Partner with central Talent Attraction, Employer Brand and People teams to balance consistency with strong local execution.
• Mentor more junior team members and contribute to the evolution of Retail TA practices, tools and ways of working.

Business Partnership & In-Store Execution

This is a regionally embedded Talent Acquisition role designed to operate close to the retail business. Impact comes through hands-on partnership with Store Leaders, Area Leads and BP's, and through active involvement in the moments that matter most in hiring.

The expectation is that you are not only managing hiring from a system or from a distance. You are spending time with stores, understanding the local context, and showing up in person when it matters to improve hiring quality, build trust and help leaders make better decisions.

The role includes direct support across interview activity, hiring days, store opening support, training, calibration and proactive pipelining. It is built to improve hiring quality, strengthen consistency and create a more premium hiring experience across your area.

Responsibilities

• Debug audio chain circuits, including codecs, embedded DSPs, headphone amps, speaker amps, and microphones, as well as related external circuits like PMICs and converters.
• Achieve electrical performance targets by employing data-driven design approaches, ensuring optimal system performance.
• Perform the validation and testing of audio circuit performance and the full audio system, covering rendering, capture, power consumption, and algorithm tuning.
• Design, specify, and implement product factory tests for audio system validation.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external hardware teams (System EE, Power/Battery) and software teams, focusing on audio system bring-up and debugging.
• Provide cross-functional leadership in audio system design to enhance and optimize audio quality.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Acoustics or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in audio system design with a strong impact on cross-functional teams and leadership in audio quality improvement.
• Expertise in designing and debugging analog and digital circuits.
• Proficiency in product development tools such as SPICE simulation, Audio Precision, Power Supplies, Oscilloscopes, and schematic capture and PCB layout tools like OrCAD or Cadence.
• Proven experience with PCBA and product-level failure modes in both production and field settings.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics.
• Experience designing circuits for the audio chain, including codecs, DSPs, and power supplies.
• Knowledge in transducer design and developing acoustic tests for laboratory and factory environments.
• Familiarity with Android and Qualcomm audio debugging tools, including adb, QXDM, QACT, and AudioReach.
• Understanding of transistor-level IC design and the silicon manufacturing process.
• Experience in audio speech quality testing and optimization using tools like B&K or ACQUA.
• Experience with coexistence testing for audio within a full product (as victim or aggressor)

BMS Application Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Responsible for APP software development and verification work of BMS and write the related documentations
• Analyst software requirements and software design, also module test and software integrate
• Develop and verify the function modules of BMS
• Close communication with project team
• Other job assigned by Department Manager

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in software engineering, Computer Science or related field
• 5 years' embedded software development experience, 3 year's lithium battery BMS development experience
• Good at model based developing and C language for embedded coder
• Familiar with SOC, SOH, SOE, SOF, insulation detection
• AutoSar , ISO26262 experience is much preferred
• Good English ability