Posted 2 months ago
Platform Applications Engineer Intern/Co-op (Tools Development Engineer – COSMOS Platform Software)
@ Astera Labs Early Career - North America 2027
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
Astera Labs is hiring a Platform Applications Engineer intern (Tools Development Engineer, COSMOS platform software) in Vancouver, B.C. on an internship or co-op basis. The role builds tools for configuring, monitoring, debugging and validating connectivity products, sitting between software, hardware and systems engineering. Pay is $35 to $55 per hour, with the final rate set in the offer letter.
Pay:
$35–$55 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Develop and improve tools for product configuration, monitoring and diagnostics
- Build and maintain command-line and desktop applications
- Create automation and validation workflows
- Work with APIs, SDKs, telemetry and diagnostic data
- Participate in hands-on lab work with hardware and test equipment
Requirements summary:
- Pursuing or recently completed a bachelor's degree in a related engineering or computer science field
- Programming experience in C#, C or C++
- Familiarity with Linux, Git, debugging and testing
- Basic understanding of computer architecture and platform components
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-15
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-14
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Software development |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office, Laboratory |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science |
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Astera Labs Early Career - North America 2027
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Platform Applications Engineer Intern (Tools Development Engineer - COSMOS Platform Software)
Location: Vancouver, B.C, Canada
Employment type: Internship/Co-op
About the role
At Astera Labs, we design cutting-edge connectivity solutions that power the world’s largest cloud service providers, server manufacturers, and networking OEMs.
As a Tools Development Engineer Co-op, you will help shape COSMOS, Astera Labs’ unified software platform for monitoring, managing, debugging, and validating connectivity products. You will build the tools that customers and engineers use to configure devices, collect telemetry, investigate issues, validate behavior, and improve developer productivity.
This role sits at the intersection of software, hardware, and systems engineering. You may contribute to intuitive desktop applications, command-line utilities, automation frameworks, SDK integrations, and supporting infrastructure. You will work with experienced engineers to solve complex problems that bridge applications, systems, and silicon.
If you enjoy building high-quality software, learning how hardware and software work together, and creating tools that make engineering workflows more effective, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll do
Develop and improve software tools that support product configuration, monitoring, diagnostics, debugging, and validation.
Contribute to command-line and desktop applications used to interact with Astera Labs products and platform software.
Build automation and validation workflows that improve repeatability, coverage, and engineering efficiency.
Work with APIs, SDKs, telemetry, logs, configuration data, and diagnostic information to help identify and resolve technical issues.
Collaborate with software, firmware, hardware, systems, and validation engineers to understand requirements and investigate problems.
Use Linux development environments, Git, debugging tools, and testing practices to deliver maintainable, reliable code.
Participate in hands-on lab work with hardware and test equipment as needed to reproduce issues and validate solutions.
Document technical decisions, usage instructions, test results, and lessons learned.
Present the results of your co-op project and the reusable tools, improvements, or documentation you deliver.
Basic qualifications
Pursuing or recently completed a bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Programming experience in several of the following:
C#
C
C++
Familiarity with Linux command-line tools, Git, debugging, testing, and modern object-oriented software development.
Basic understanding of computer architecture and platform components, such as CPUs, GPUs, memory, storage, and PCIe devices.
Ability to learn unfamiliar technical systems, troubleshoot methodically, and communicate technical findings clearly.
Preferred experience
Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, or traffic generators.
Basic understanding of desktop application technologies such as Avalonia, WPF, MAUI, WinUI, or Qt.
Experience with test automation, validation frameworks, or internal engineering tools.
Exposure to SDKs, APIs, command-line interfaces, device diagnostics, telemetry, or hardware/software integration.
Familiarity with PCIe, CXL, high-speed connectivity, firmware, or platform management concepts.
Experience delivering a software, hardware, systems, or automation project through coursework, research, personal projects, or prior co-op experience.
Equal opportunity
Astera Labs is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage anyone with relevant experience to apply.
Compensation and benefits
The applicable hourly pay range is $35 - $55 per hour. Final rate will be specified in the offer letter. Compensation and benefits for this Vancouver, Canada internship will be determined under applicable Canadian programs and specified in the offer letter.
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