Senior Staff Engineer - Silicon Photonics & Optical Systems

Viavi Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Viavi Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer, Silicon Photonics & Optical Systems to join our CTO Innovation Center in Singapore. The role focuses on developing next-generation silicon photonics technologies, optical components, and advanced test solutions for AI data centers and high-speed networks.

The successful candidate will design, validate, and optimize photonic devices and interconnects, working across research, product engineering, and strategic technology

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Applied Physics, Optical Engineering, Materials Science or a closely related discipline.
• Strong understanding of silicon photonics, integrated photonic circuits, optical communications, and photonic device physics.
• Hands-on experience designing, characterizing, or validating optical components and integrated photonic systems.
• Experience with laboratory optical measurement equipment such as OSA, VNA, BERT, power meters, tunable lasers, coherent receivers, etc.
• Experience developing automated laboratory test environments using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evaluate next-generation silicon photonic devices and PICs.
• Lead R&D activities in silicon photonics, coherent optics, CPO, LPO, optical I/O, and AI data center architectures.
• Develop advanced optical characterization methodologies for photonic components and modules.
• Design laboratory validation platforms and automated optical test solutions.
• Develop AI-assisted optical measurement techniques to improve speed and accuracy.
• Support component qualification, reliability analysis, and production yield optimization.
• Collaborate with foundries and ecosystem partners to accelerate technology commercialization.
• Contribute to roadmaps spanning telecommunications, AI infra, and photonic computing.
• Drive innovation through patents, publications, and industry standards.

Skills

Silicon photonics

Photonic integration

Lab-based optical measurements

Python / MATLAB

Analytical thinking

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Applied Physics, Optical Engineering, Materials Science

Tools

OSA

VNA

BERT

Coherent receivers

Tunable lasers

Job description

Viavi Solutions Singapore Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced Staff Engineer, Silicon Photonics & Optical Systems to join our CTO Innovation Center in Singapore. The role focuses on developing next-generation silicon photonics technologies, optical components, and advanced test solutions for AI data centers and high-speed networks.

The successful candidate will design, validate, and optimize photonic devices and interconnects, working across research, product engineering, and strategic technology