Production/Test Engineer

Astera Labs Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company who is a leader in developing purpose-built connectivity solutions that remove performance bottlenecks in compute-intensive workloads such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. To support rapid international business growth, we are hiring Production/Test Engineer who is based in Suzhou area and have experience supporting the development and manufacturing in semiconductor products for high-speed communication protocols like PCIe, Ethernet, Infiniband, DDR, NVMe, USB, etc.

As the Production/Test Engineer, you will report to Head of PCBA manufacturing. In this role, you will be responsible for PCBA / outsourcing manufacture production management, testing and validation, troubleshooting and issue resolution in production lines. Collaborate with quality organization, engineering team on manufacturing process management and functional validation.

• BS in manufacturing, operations, electrical engineering (or other disciplines directly related to manufacturing). Master’s degree is
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working or managing in manufacturing process (SMT, Assembly, testing, sustaining, PCBA debugging, and functional test)
• Experience working with/managing world-class CMs
• Customer-oriented, Goal-driven, Self-motivated, be able to work independently and be able to travel frequently (25% travel).
• Fluent in Mandarin and English

• Strong understanding of CM manufacturing processes
• Strong understanding of production quality control processes
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and functional test
• Experience collaborating with remote design team and manufacturing for production management
• Experience w/ Agile, Arena, or other PLM tools

• Prior experience in NPI/Test/Quality/Supply Chain or other relevant disciplines
• Expertise in Arena PLM
• Working knowledge of reading / understanding schematics, layout files
• Experience w/ MFG outside Asia