Optical / Photonics Validation Engineering, Senior Director
Astera Labs, San Jose, California, United States
$260,000 – $295,000 / year
above the median for lead testing roles
Lead levelTesting
You will lead a team that owns characterization, validation, and qualification of near-packaged optics and co-packaged optics systems for data center interconnects. You need expertise in optical, electrical, and thermal validation across silicon photonics, packaging, and systems integration.
Posted July 31, 2026 (2mo ago)