Capacity Planning Analyst (NCG)

Astera Labs•San Jose, CA

14h

About The Position

Astera Labs provides rack-scale AI infrastructure through purpose-built connectivity solutions, enabling organizations to unlock the full potential of modern AI by integrating various semiconductor-based technologies and its COSMOS software suite. The company also offers custom connectivity solutions. Astera Labs is seeking a highly analytical and technically skilled Capacity Planning Analyst to support capacity planning, supply chain visibility, and operational reporting across the business. This role is at the intersection of supply chain, data engineering, and business operations, focusing on transforming raw data from multiple sources into scalable reporting, forecasting, and decision-support tools. The ideal candidate will possess strong planning and program management skills, coupled with hands-on experience in databases, ETL pipelines, API integrations, Power BI reporting, and automation, to build and maintain reporting infrastructure for monitoring backlog, forecasting demand, yield, inventory/WIP, shortages, and supply risk in a fast-moving environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field required.
3+ years of experience in capacity planning, supply chain analytics, business intelligence, data engineering, or a related role.
Experience working with Databricks or similar database/cloud data platforms.
Experience with data engineering, including data transformation, pipeline development, and structuring large datasets.
Experience setting up and maintaining API-based data connections.
Strong understanding of ETL processes and data integration into reporting platforms such as Power BI.
Proficiency in Power BI for dashboard development, reporting, and visualization.
Advanced Excel skills, including experience creating business-friendly files that can be updated and maintained by end users.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and improve capacity planning processes, tools, and reporting infrastructure.
Build and manage data pipelines that extract, transform, and load data from internal and external sources into reporting environments such as Power BI.
Support database and data engineering work, including querying and structuring data from systems such as Databricks, Oracle, APIs, and Excel-based business inputs.
Set up and maintain API connections to automate ingestion of operational, supply chain, and manufacturing data.
Design and support ETL workflows that feed clean, reliable data into Power BI dashboards and reporting tools.
Develop and automate recurring reports to support planning, forecasting, inventory visibility, and operational decision-making.
Create dashboards, visualizations, and heatmap reporting to highlight shortages, supply gaps, and capacity constraints.
Generate Oracle database reports and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure data accuracy and reporting consistency.
Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, IT, and Business Units to identify reporting needs and implement automation solutions.
Manage reporting and automation projects from requirements gathering through deployment, documentation, and user adoption.
Communicate planning risks, reporting insights, and data-driven recommendations to stakeholders in a clear and actionable manner.