Principal Supplier Quality Engineer /China

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.

We are seeking an experienced leader to drive Supplier / Manufacturing Quality Engineering to anchor our global supplier quality efforts across both Astera Lab’s semiconductor, board-level products, optical products and rack-scale system products. In this role, you will drive leading supplier quality across key manufacturing partners including IC fabs, OSAT’s, optical product suppliers, rack-scale system product suppliers, and PCB/PCBA vendors.  You will also work closely with the customers to understand their quality needs and resolve issues related to product quality. Moreover, you will lead cross-functional teams to drive various quality initiatives to ensure that the products meet customer expectations and quality standards. A strong foundation in supplier quality engineering and customer quality engineering, uniquely paired with experience in advanced data analytics for predictive quality, risk assessments, and product quality analytics will be highly valuable to this role.

Supplier Quality Management

• Drive supplier quality engineering activities at manufacturing partners, including failure analysis, root-cause identification, corrective actions, and verification of sustained closure.

• Lead containment, escalation, and recovery actions for supplier-driven quality excursions.

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