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Senior Principal Product Manager - Cosmos at Astera Labs
San Jose, California, United StatesFull-timeProduct ManagementPosted 14 days ago
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<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="auto">Astera Labs is seeking a Senior Principal Product Manager to lead the strategic direction and execution of a unified management and configuration suite that sits at the critical interface between host software, firmware, and silicon across our entire portfolio of connectivity products. This is not a traditional software PM role — it requires deep technical fluency in how software communicates with and runs on chips, how firmware orchestrates silicon behavior, and how all of it comes together inside modern AI server platforms.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">As the owner of the product roadmap, you will drive standardization of the full-stack software and firmware experience across all Astera products, ensuring that every touchpoint — from chip-level firmware execution to the host drivers and management tools running on the server — delivers a cohesive, powerful, and scalable experience for hyperscaler and enterprise customers.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">This role sits at the heart of Astera's hyper-growth trajectory. As AI clusters scale from thousands to hundreds of thousands of accelerators, the need for intelligent, unified connectivity management has never been greater. You'll define how the industry's most advanced PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet connectivity silicon gets configured, monitored, and orchestrated — from embedded software running directly on the chip all the way up to the data center management plane.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Key Responsibilities</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Define and own the end-to-end product roadmap for the platform, spanning embedded software running on silicon, firmware interfaces, host drivers, and server-level management tools</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Drive standardization of firmware APIs, host software interfaces, and management paradigms across all Astera product lines (Aries, Leo, Taurus, and beyond)</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Translate deep understanding of software-to-silicon communication models into clear product requirements and architectural direction</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Conduct competitive analysis and identify opportunities to differentiate Astera's full-stack manageability story</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Customer & Market Engagement</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Engage directly with hyperscaler and enterprise platform teams — including firmware engineers, system architects, and BMC/manageability owners — to gather requirements and validate priorities</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Partner with sales and field applications teams to support customer evaluations, integration discussions, and design wins</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Represent Astera Labs at industry events, standards bodies, and customer technical reviews</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Cross-Functional Execution</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Collaborate with firmware and embedded software teams to define how software runs on Astera silicon and how it interfaces with host systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Work with host software and driver teams to ensure seamless communication between server OS environments and Astera chips</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Partner with hardware architecture teams to influence chip features that enable superior programmability and software-driven manageability</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Coordinate with marketing on positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies for releases</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Operational Excellence</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Define and track product adoption metrics, customer integration success indicators, and firmware/software quality KPIs</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Manage release planning and feature prioritization across embedded software, firmware, driver, and tool workstreams simultaneously</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="o" data-font="Courier New" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":1440,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Courier New","469769242":[9675],"469777803":"left","469777804":"o","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="2"><span data-contrast="auto">Build scalable product processes that support Astera's rapid growth and expanding product portfolio</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Basic Qualifications</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">12+ years of experience in product management, technical marketing, firmware engineering, or systems engineering in the semiconductor or data center infrastructure industry</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Proven experience managing or defining software products that run on and directly communicate with silicon (embedded software, firmware, chip-level tools)</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Strong understanding of the full-stack interaction model: host software (drivers, OS-level tools) ↔ firmware ↔ embedded software running on chip</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Deep familiarity with data center server architectures, platform firmware (BIOS/UEFI, BMC), and infrastructure management frameworks</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience engaging directly with hyperscaler or enterprise platform/firmware teams on technical requirements</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Preferred Qualifications</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Hands-on background in firmware development, embedded software, or chip bring-up earlier in career — with direct experience running software on silicon</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience with connectivity technologies such as PCIe, CXL, Ethernet, or related protocols at the silicon/firmware level</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Familiarity with manageability frameworks such as Redfish, MCTP, PLDM, or in-band/out-of-band management interfaces</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Understanding of 800G/1.6T Ethernet, retimer/switch architectures, or rack-scale AI cluster topologies</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Experience at a semiconductor company shipping embedded software and firmware tied to connectivity or infrastructure silicon</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Track record of building and scaling product processes in a high-growth startup environment</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p>We know that creativity and innovation happen more often when teams include diverse ideas, backgrounds, and experiences, and we actively encourage everyone with relevant experience to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ and non-binary people, veterans, parents, and individuals with disabilities.</p></div>
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