Principal / Senior Hardware (Electrical) Engineer – Optical Networking & High-Speed Systems

INTELLIPRO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

INTELLIPRO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. in Singapore HQ seeks a Principal / Senior Hardware (Electrical) Engineer to lead design and development of advanced hardware for optical networking products, working with multidisciplinary teams from concept through product commercialization.

This role emphasizes high-speed digital hardware design, SI/PI analysis, PCB development, validation, and manufacturing support for data centre networking solutions.

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Electrical/Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in hardware design and development for high-speed communication products.
• Strong understanding of high-speed digital hardware design, PCB development and system integration.
• Experience with SI/PI analysis for high-speed systems and lab hardware testing.
• Familiar with HFSS, ADS, SIWAVE, LTspice and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimize hardware systems for high-performance communication products including optical platforms.
• Define hardware architecture, specifications and electrical interfaces for system objectives.
• Develop circuit designs and review hardware implementations for performance and cost targets.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, optical, mechanical and system teams throughout development.
• Perform hardware verification, characterization, debugging and root-cause analysis during development and NPI.

Skills

High-speed design

Signal integrity

Power integrity

PCB development

System integration

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Written & verbal communication

Travel readiness

Education

Electrical/ Electronics Engineering degree

Tools

HFSS

ADS

SIWAVE

LTspice

VNA/PNA

Job description

Principal / Senior Hardware (Electrical) Engineer

Location: Singapore (HQ)
Employment Type: Permanent

About the Role:

We are partnering with an global innovative technology company developing next-generation optical networking and high-speed communication solutions.

We are looking for an experienced Hardware (Electrical) Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced hardware systems for optical networking products, working closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams from concept through product commercialization.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge technologies used in high-performance networking and data centre applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and optimize hardware systems for high-performance communication products, including optical networking platforms, optical modules and related hardware.
• Define hardware architecture, specifications and electrical interfaces to support system-level design objectives.
• Develop circuit designs and review hardware implementations to achieve performance, reliability, manufacturability and cost objectives.
• Collaborate closely with software, firmware, optical, mechanical and system engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Perform hardware verification, characterization, debugging and root cause analysis during development and new product introduction (NPI).
• Develop validation plans, execute testing activities and analyse results to ensure product quality and performance.
• Perform signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis to optimize high-speed hardware designs.
• Prepare engineering documentation, design specifications, technical reports and validation records.
• Provide technical guidance during design reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices.
• Support cross-functional teams during product integration and manufacturing activities.

Requirements

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience in hardware design and development for high-speed communication, networking, optical module, optical switching or related products.
• Good understanding of high-speed digital hardware design, PCB development and system-level hardware integration.
• Experience with signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) analysis for high-speed systems.
• Familiarity with simulation and analysis tools such as HFSS, ADS, SIWAVE, LTspice or equivalent.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces and components such as SerDes, DSPs, CDRs, TIAs, DC-DC converters and LDOs.
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, BERT, protocol analysers, vector network analysers (VNA/PNA) or similar test equipment.
• Knowledge of Ethernet, PCIe or other high-speed communication standards would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally when required.

Preferred Experience

Candidates with experience in one or more of the following will be viewed favourably:

• Optical transceivers
• Optical switching systems
• Ethernet switches
• Data centre networking equipment
• High-speed communication hardware
• Telecommunications infrastructure
• Embedded hardware systems

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to work on next-generation optical networking technologies.
• Exposure to end-to-end product development from architecture through commercialization.
• Collaborative environment with multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Opportunity to contribute to products serving global data centre and networking markets.
• Be part of an rapidly expanding global team

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