Application Engineer (High-Speed Digital & Photonics)

EVOLUTION RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EVOLUTION RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD. is seeking a highly experienced Application Engineer to support customers across AI infrastructure, high-speed digital, optical communications and memory ecosystems. You will work with technology companies and engineering teams to develop measurement, validation and characterization solutions for next-generation digital and optical technologies.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or higher in a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of applications engineering or related experience.
• Strong knowledge of SI/PI and channel modelling.
• Hands-on with high-speed digital and/or optical technologies.
• Experience with optical transceivers, silicon photonics, or high-speed interconnects.
• Practical experience with test & measurement equipment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert across high-speed digital, optical, photonics and AI infrastructure technologies.
• Engage with customers through the solution lifecycle from evaluation to deployment.
• Understand customer engineering challenges and recommend testing and measurement approaches.
• Develop measurement methodologies for SI, PI, jitter, eye diagrams, BER and compliance testing.
• Integrate instrumentation, automation and data analysis into practical engineering workflows.
• Support technical demonstrations, POC projects and customer engagements.
• Work with commercial teams to identify opportunities and support technical sales.

Skills

High-speed SerDes

Optical communications

Silicon photonics

PCIe & InfiniBand

DDR / HBM / CXL

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Eye diagrams

BER testing

Test equipment

Customer-facing

Technical consulting

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

VNAs

Optical analysers

Protocol analysers

Job description

Job Overview

Dear Applicant,

We are seeking a highly experienced Application Engineer to support customers across the rapidly evolving AI infrastructure, high-speed digital, optical communications and advanced memory ecosystem. This is a customer-facing technical role combining engineering expertise, solution development and consultative engagement. You will work with technology companie and engineering teams to develop measurement, validation and characterizatio solutions for next-generation digital and optical technologies.

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available at this time.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert across high-speed digital, optical communications, photonics and AI infrastructure technologies.
• Engage with customers throughout the solution lifecycle, from technical evaluation and planning through deployment and production.
• Understand customer engineering challenges and recommend appropriate testing and measurement approaches.
• Develop and deploy validation and characterization solutions covering:
  • High-speed SerDes and interconnects
  • Optical transceivers and optical networking
  • Silicon photonics
  • PCIe, Ethernet and InfiniBand
  • DDR, HBM and CXL memory technologies
• Develop measurement methodologies for signal integrity, power integrity, jitter, eye diagrams, BER and compliance testing.
• Integrate instrumentation, automation and data analysis into practical engineering workflows.
• Support technical demonstrations, proof-of-concept projects, competitive evaluations and customer engagements.
• Work closely with commercial teams to identify opportunities and support technical sales and design wins.
• Gather customer feedback and industry insights to influence future solutions and product development.
• Represent the organisation at customer events, technical forums and industry conferences.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in applications engineering, design validation, product engineering, manufacturing test or technical solution development.
• Strong knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, channel characterization and compliance testing.
• Solid understanding of PAM4, NRZ, equalisation, jitter, BER and channel modelling.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed digital and/or optical communication technologies.
• Experience with optical transceivers, silicon photonics or high-speed interconnect technologies.
• Practical experience using test and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, BERTs, VNAs, optical analysers, protocol analysers or related instrumentation.
• Strong customer-facing, communication and technical consulting skills.
• Experience with industry standards such as IEEE, OIF, PCI-SIG, JEDEC, Ethernet or CXL is advantageous.