Astera Labs Inc.
Principal Optical Assembly Engineer
San Jose, California, United States · Principal
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About the role
- This is a high-impact individual contributor role with technical leadership responsibilities, focused on developing robust assembly processes, expanding lab capability, and improving the yield, quality, and reliability of optical assemblies for NPO and CPO products.
Responsibilities
- Drive development and optimization of optical assembly processes, including active and passive fiber alignment, fiber attach, and epoxy cure.
- Define and document process flows, work instructions, and quality control plans for optical assembly.
- Support the build-out and scaling of the optical assembly laboratory, including equipment layout, tool qualification, and safety protocols.
- Partner with equipment suppliers on the development and qualification of high volume capable active alignment systems, dispensing tools, and curing tools.
- Develop yield improvement plans and implement statistical process control (SPC) methods for optical assembly.
- Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Optical Assembly Engineer to drive development of optical assembly processes that support next-generation photonics products for scale up and scale out AI infrastructure applications.
Requirements
- 8 + years of experience in optical assembly, photonics packaging, or a related process development role.
- Experience leading optical assembly platforms from concept to high volume production.
- Experience with alignment-intensive assembly methods and process controls used in fiber-coupled or optical device manufacturing.
- Strong understanding of process development, qualification, troubleshooting, and transfer to manufacturing.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with active alignment systems for photonic or optical device assembly.
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Skills
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- ALAB) provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions.
- Discover more at www.asteralabs.com.
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