Technical Marketing Engineer: Photonics & Products

POET Technologies

Singapore

On-site

SGD 90,000 - 150,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

POET Technologies is seeking a technically fluent marketing professional to translate photonics/optical engineering into customer-facing narratives across data center, telecom, and hyperscale segments. You will craft datasheets, white papers, and presentations, collaborating with engineering and sales to support product launches and competitive positioning.

You will partner with global teams to ensure consistent messaging and contribute to webinars, trade shows, and reference designs, while

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Photonics/Optics, Physics, or a related field.
2–6 years in technical marketing, product marketing, or applications engineering within semiconductors, photonics, optical communications, or related high-tech hardware industries.
Strong understanding of optical/photonic concepts (e.g., PICs, transceivers, optical engines, interposers) or comparable semiconductor packaging/integration technologies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to translate technical details into accessible, persuasive content.
Experience producing datasheets, technical briefs, or application notes.
Proficiency with presentation and content tools (PowerPoint, technical writing platforms); comfort collaborating with design/creative teams.

Responsibilities

Develop technical marketing collateral — datasheets, application notes, white papers, technical briefs, and presentations — for the Optical Interposer platform and related products (PICs, optical engines, transceivers, light sources), and translate engineering specifications and lab/test data into customer-facing technical narratives that clearly communicate performance advantages (speed, power, cost, integration density).
Work closely with Engineering and R&D to develop a deep understanding of POET's products, technologies, and capabilities, ensuring accurate and compelling technical messaging, and support product launches, roadmap communications, and competitive positioning with Product Management.
Provide technical support to customers on how to use POET products, and collaborate with Engineering to support customers during product evaluation, testing, and qualification, addressing application-specific challenges to ensure successful adoption.
Assist Sales and Business Development teams with customer-facing technical presentations, RFI/RFQ responses, and application-specific positioning.
Support trade shows, industry conferences (e.g., OFC, ECOC, DesignCon), and webinars with technical content, demo materials, and booth support.
Create and maintain technical content for the company website, LinkedIn, and press/analyst materials, in coordination with Investor Relations and Corporate Communications.
Support development of case studies and reference designs in partnership with key customers and ecosystem partners (e.g., foundry, hyperscaler, and module partners).
Monitor and report on the competitive landscape, industry trends (CPO, AI interconnect, 800G/1.6T standards), and customer feedback to inform marketing and product strategy.
Collaborate with global teams (Singapore, China, and San Jose) to ensure consistent technical messaging across regions.