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Principal Product Applications Engineer - Scorpio

Astera Labs
Vancouver, CAN
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
CAD 165,000 to CAD 210,000,
Discovered 2 weeks ago
Scorpio Smart Fabric SwitchesHigh-speed serial interfacesPCIeEthernetUALinkUCIe

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Role overview

Customer-facing Principal Product Applications Engineer on the Scorpio Smart Fabric Switches team.

Guides hyperscalers, AI system builders, and platform partners from evaluation through production deployment.

Works across PCIe Gen 6/7 and UALink platforms and contributes to feature validation and product direction.

Customer enablement

  • Lead partner technical engagements from architecture discussions through design-in and evaluation.
  • Conduct on-site and remote bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning at customer sites.
  • Translate customer requirements into feedback for product, silicon, and firmware teams.

Validation and technical leadership

  • Influence post-silicon validation plans and execute system-level integration.
  • Debug protocol, signal-integrity, firmware, and software issues with hardware, firmware, and SI/PI teams.
  • Mentor junior engineers, represent the company externally, and author technical collateral and training materials.

Basic qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 8+ years in product applications, systems engineering, or post-silicon validation for high-speed connectivity or networking silicon.
  • Strong physical-layer and high-speed serial interface knowledge; hands-on lab experience with scopes, BERTs, and protocol analyzers.
  • Direct customer deployment experience and strong technical communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

  • MS or PhD in a related engineering or computer science field.
  • PCIe Gen 6/7, UALink, or UCIe protocol and compliance-testing experience.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML rack-scale architectures, GPU fabrics, and accelerator interconnects.
  • Python or shell scripting; standards-body contributions or technical publications.

Compensation

  • Salary range is CAD 165,000 to CAD 210,000, depending on experience, level, and business need.
  • Role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, incentives, and benefits.

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