Astera Labs · San Jose, CA, United States
Skills: Python
Firmware Engineer Intern (SCO2) Location: San Jose, California, United States About the role Astera Labs is seeking a Firmware Engineer Intern to work on Scorpio2 (SCO2), a high-performance platform that combines multiple firmware images and processor subsystems. You will contribute to product-specific embedded firmware development, build and validation workflows, and software-hardware debug alongside experienced firmware engineers. This internship is designed around meaningful project ownership. You will learn the SCO2 codebase, build flow, and observability tools while developing practical experience with embedded systems, real-time software, processor-to-processor communication, and product validation. What you will do Learn the SCO2 firmware architecture, source tree, build flow, and product interfaces. Develop, debug, and improve embedded firmware running across the SCO2 AMC, SMC, and CMC processor subsystems. Work with FreeRTOS tasks, interrupts, processor-local memory, mailboxes, and inter-processor communication under mentorship. Familiarity with multi-core or multi-processor systems, inter-process communication, mailboxes, interrupts, UART, I2C, PCIe, or register-level programming. Experience building firmware from source, working with compiler toolchains, managing submodules, or generating binary images. Experience writing Python utilities, SDK integrations, automated tests, or lab/debug scripts. Familiarity with embedded telemetry, logging, performance counters, error handling, or hardware bring-up. Internship experience and compensation This is a paid, hourly U.S. internship. The applicable hourly rate is determined as part of the offer process and specified in the offer letter, depending on education level ranges from $35/hour to $55/hour. U.S. interns currently receive a $500-per-week housing/relocation stipend for the duration of the internship. Interns participate in Early Career programming, including technical and professional-development sessions,…
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