HR Business Partner

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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 seeking an HR Business Partner to join our People team in San Jose, CA. In this role, you will support Astera’s G&A functions and smaller engineering groups, serving as a trusted advisor, coach, and partner to leaders, managers, and employees. This is an excellent opportunity to build your business partnership skills across multiple client groups in a fast-growing semiconductor company. You will bring solid HRBP/Generalist experience, foundational employee relations skills, and working knowledge of US labor and employment law to help ensure our people practices are effective and compliant as we scale. This role is key to supporting the talent strategies, people leader development, and organizational health that enable Astera’s corporate functions and engineering teams to thrive. As you grow in the role, there will be opportunities to expand your client portfolio and take on larger, more complex business groups. Key Responsibilities • Business Partnership & Coaching Serve as a reliable partner to G&A and small engineering people leaders, providing day-to-day coaching on people management, team dynamics, and leadership fundamentals Build strong, trusting relationships with employees and managers, ensuring accessible and credible HR support across your client groups Coach managers on performance conversations, career development discussions, feedback delivery, and navigating common team challenges Develop an understanding of the unique demands of semiconductor product development and corporate functions to deliver practical people solutions Support the onboarding and integration of new managers within your client groups • Employee Relations & Compliance Serve as a point of contact for employee relations matters across your client groups, handling investigations, performance issues, interpersonal conflict, and conduct concerns with professionalism and care Apply working knowledge of US labor and employment law—including federal, state, and local regulations—to advise leaders and support compliant people decisions, escalating complex matters to senior HRBPs or Employment Counsel as appropriate Conduct fair, thorough, and well-documented workplace investigations, partnering with senior HR team members and Legal on higher-risk matters Help identify compliance risks and partner with HR Operations to ensure policies, practices, and manager actions align with legal requirements Stay current on evolving employment legislation and regulatory changes, surfacing relevant updates to the broader HR team Provide clear, empathetic, and sound guidance to managers navigating terminations, leaves of absence, accommodations, and other sensitive situations, with support from senior partners on complex cases • Talent Strategy & Organizational Effectiveness Support leaders in your client groups on organizational design, role clarity, and team structure to enable effective execution Contribute to talent reviews, retention planning, and succession planning fo

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