# Principal DFT Engineer

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 www.asteralabs.com. Role Overview Astera Labs is seeking a hands-on Principal DFT Engineer to drive DFT architecture and execution for its signal-conditioning products that enable high-speed connectivity in rack-scale AI infrastructure. This is an individual-contributor role focused on technical ownership and delivery. The role can expand into a people-management path for the right candidate. We are advertising at the Principal individu

- **Id**: 4210280
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/astera-labs-principal-dft-engineer-3>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Toronto, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-15T17:32:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T00:47:12Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 58
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5098
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Processors, MCUs & AI Chips, Servers & Data Center Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 178069
- **Name**: Astera Labs
- **Domain**: asteralabs.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/astera-labs-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 48
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.563
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 77
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **NVLink** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 58

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T00:47:12Z

## Visa

- Country: CA; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Approved LMIA in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 51
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.852
- **P room**: 0.6
- **Age days**: 58
- **Expected fill days**: 77
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:late, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T02:02:11Z

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