Electric Cable​/Smart Cable Module Lead, AVP

Active Electric Cable / Smart Cable Module Lead, AVP

San Jose, California, United States

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  .

The AEC/SCM Lead will lead development across a range of high-speed electrical connectivity products, with primary focus on:

• Own both technology road mapping and execution, managing multidisciplinary teams spanning hardware, firmware, testing, and mechanical engineering.

• Lead cross-functional engineering teams across Mechanical Engineering, Testing Engineering, Hardware Engineering, and Firmware Engineering.
• Drive R&D and new product development for active and passive high-speed electrical interconnect technologies.
• Define and manage the technology roadmap and strategic planning aligned with customer and market needs.
• Oversee products through the full lifecycle, from concept, design, and qualification to launch.
• Collaborate with Signal Integrity, NPI, QA, validation, and manufacturing teams to ensure product performance, quality, and reliability.
• Build and lead a strong technical team with competencies spanning:
• Schematic and layout design
• Firmware and software development
• High-speed standards compliance
• FMEA, DFM, DFA
• Program management
• Make both technical and business decisions to align product development with company strategy, customer requirements, and manufacturing realities.

• Proven experience leading engineering development for high-speed electrical interconnect products, including significant experience with cable manufacturing.
• Strong background in R&D, product development, and technology strategy.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of product quality, reliability, manufacturability, and validation processes.
• Ability to make both technical and business decisions.
• Experience with overseas (Asia) contract manufacturers.

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with optical products and optical interconnect technologies is a plus.

The ideal candidate is a technical leader who can balance innovation, execution, and team development. They should be comfortable driving both strategic roadmaps and day-to-day engineering decisions while partnering closely with product, operations, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams.

• A clear and differentiated technology roadmap
• Efficient execution of new product development programs
• Strong collaboration across engineering, validation, NPI, QA, and manufacturing
• Successful launch of reliable, high-performance products aligned with market needs

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.

As set forth in Astera Labs’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.