Senior Photonics Transceiver R&D Engineer

HyperLight; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HyperLight in Singapore is seeking a hands-on Transceiver R&D Engineer to own the design, characterization, and qualification of advanced optical transceiver reference designs. You will work across firmware, DSP, optics, and hardware to ensure our QSFP/OSFP-based transceivers meet performance and interoperability requirements.

As part of your responsibilities, you will define test plans, characterize performance, bring up modules, collaborate with firmware and DSP teams to tune system

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related field.
• 5–12+ years of experience in high-speed optical transceiver testing/design (>400 Gbps).
• Hands-on experience with QSFP and OSFP form factors.
• Solid understanding of PAM4, BER, OSNR, jitter, eye diagrams and receiver sensitivity.
• Proficiency with lab equipment – oscilloscope, DCA, BERT, OSA, VNA, etc.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute test plans for optical transceivers (IMDD and/or coherent).
• Characterize transceiver performance for >1.6T modules — BER, eye diagrams, SNR, OSNR, TDECQ, OER, OMA, receiver sensitivity, latency, and more.

Skills

High-speed optical transceiver testing

QSFP/OSFP transceivers

PAM4, BER, OSNR

Lab debugging & characterization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics

Tools

Oscilloscope

DCA

BERT

OSA

VNA

Job description

HyperLight in Singapore is seeking a hands-on Transceiver R&D Engineer to own the design, characterization, and qualification of advanced optical transceiver reference designs. You will work across firmware, DSP, optics, and hardware to ensure our QSFP/OSFP-based transceivers meet performance and interoperability requirements.

As part of your responsibilities, you will define test plans, characterize performance, bring up modules, collaborate with firmware and DSP teams to tune system