# Principal Product Manager, Fiber Connectivity at Astera

> United States · Principal · Product · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aasteralabs%3A4728996005 (read 2026-11-05).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Astera](https://alderhq.app/companies/astera)
- Location text: San Jose, California, United States; San Jose
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: San Jose, California, United States; San Jose")
- Posted: 2026-09-02 (64 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-02 · last verified: 2026-11-04
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- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/asteralabs/jobs/4728996005

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 29): p25 $224k, median $240k, p75 $292k

## Description (the employer's text)

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.

Principal Product Manager, Fiber Connectivity

San Jose, California, United States

Job Summary:

Astera Labs is redefining the connectivity fabric of rack-scale AI infrastructure, with optical connectivity becoming increasingly important to the next generation of scale-up and scale out systems.

As a Principal Product Manager for Fiber Connectivity, you will own the link between AI system architecture and commercial product adoption. You will define a portfolio of passive optical connectivity solutions, set customer-driven product requirements, and drive products from concept through qualification, deployment, and production.

Optical connectivity is becoming a system-level architecture decision in AI infrastructure, not simply a component choice. This role spans optical performance, system integration, manufacturing scale, supply chain, customer qualification, and commercial execution. You will work with hyperscalers, AI infrastructure companies and optical ecosystem partners.

### Responsibilities

- Define the product strategy and multi-year roadmap for passive optical connectivity at the fiber-to-chip and system interfaces of high-density AI infrastructure.
- Identify target applications, market opportunities, technology transitions, and competitive threats, serving as the voice of the customer for hyperscalers, AI infrastructure companies, system OEMs and ecosystem partners.
- Set customer-driven product attribute targets and make clear tradeoffs across optical performance, density, cost, manufacturability, reliability, supply chain, adoption, and time to market.
- Develop go-to-market strategy and launch plans, including market assessment, competitive analysis, positioning, technical content, and sales enablement.
- Execute product development from concept through requirements, development, qualification, customer deployment, production ramp, and sustaining support.
- Lead cross-functional relationships across optical, mechanical, electrical, systems, manufacturing, operations, quality, supply chain, applications, sales, and finance.
- Establish manufacturing, supplier, automation, quality, reliability, test, yield, capacity, and cost-reduction strategies for high-volume production.
- Partner with sales and applications teams to secure design wins, support customer commitments, and drive adoption.
### Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, materials science, business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in product management, product line management, engineering, applications, business development, or a related function.
- Experience developing and commercializing complex hardware products.
- Experience in optics, photonics, fiber optics, optical connectivity, optical packaging, or a related technology.
- Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, sales, and commercial organizations.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Willingness to travel internationally as needed.
### Preferred Qualifications

- MBA or advanced technical degree.
- Market knowledge of AI, cloud, networking, data center, server, and high performance computing infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of passive optical connectivity, optical coupling, fiber assemblies, connectors, alignment, and optical and mechanical tolerances.

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