Full Time Application Engineer (AE) – Optical DSP - Photonics Systems Jobs, salary up to SGD 9,000 in SPARKGRID PTE. LTD. Clementi - Ricebowl

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Application Engineer (AE) with strong software, firmware, and system validation capabilities to support SparkGrid Optical DSP products and platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of SparkGrid Optical DSP, photonics, and system solutions.

• Perform system bring-up, validation, and characterization of ODSP-based platforms, evaluation boards, and optical communication systems.

• Develop scripts and tools (Python, Tcl, Bash) for automation, regression testing, data collection, and system analysis.

• Support product evaluations, interoperability testing, and proof-of-concept activities.

• Debug system-level issues involving software, firmware, hardware, optical modules, and high-speed communication links.

• Analyze BER, link performance, eye quality, equalization behavior, and system stability metrics.

• Work with low-level registers, firmware interfaces, APIs, and diagnostic tools.

• Reproduce customer-reported issues in the laboratory environment and collaborate with engineering teams to resolve them.

• Generate technical documentation, application notes, troubleshooting guides, and validation reports.

• Support FAE and sales teams with technical expertise during customer evaluations and design-in activities.

• Maintain and improve validation infrastructure, debug methodologies, and automation frameworks.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Communications Engineering, or related fields.

• 3+ years of experience in application engineering, system validation, embedded software development, product engineering, or technical support.

• Strong hands-on experience in system-level debugging and software/firmware validation.

• Understanding of digital hardware and high-speed communication systems.

SparkGrid is an optical interconnect company focused on next-generation Optical DSP (ODSP) and Photonic IC technologies. The company operates across multiple jurisdictions and supports customers and partners globally.