Principal Technical Recruiter

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.

Astera Labs is scaling at breakneck speed to power the next generation of rack-scale AI infrastructure, and our ability to hire exceptional silicon and hardware talent is what keeps us ahead. As a Principal Technical Recruiter, you will own full-cycle recruiting for highly specialized hardware and semiconductor roles, partnering directly with engineering leaders to build the teams designing purpose-built connectivity solutions for the world's most demanding AI workloads.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role where every hire moves the business forward. You will act as a strategic talent advisor, bring deep market intelligence on the semiconductor landscape, and deliver a world-class candidate experience — all while helping shape how a hyper-growth company builds its most critical engineering teams.

Full-Cycle Recruiting

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for hardware, silicon, and semiconductor roles across engineering functions.

• Source, engage, and close hard-to-find passive candidates in a highly competitive talent market.

• Manage the candidate pipeline with rigor, ensuring speed, quality, and an exceptional candidate experience at every stage.

Strategic Partnership

• Partner with hiring managers and engineering leaders to define role requirements, calibrate talent, and build tailored search strategies.

• Serve as a trusted talent advisor, bringing market insights on semiconductor and hardware hiring trends, compensation, and competitive intelligence.

• Influence hiring decisions with data, structured interviewing best practices, and a consultative approach.

Talent Strategy & Process Improvement

• Develop and execute proactive sourcing strategies to build talent pipelines for critical and niche silicon roles.

• Lead strategic workforce and hiring planning in partnership with leadership to anticipate future talent needs and align recruiting to