Principal Systems Integration Engineer

Arycs Technologies, Inc.; Los Gatos (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) plan with company matching

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Arycs Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Systems Integration Engineer to serve as the technical lead for key customers, owning integration of Arycs’ coherent optical solutions into client platforms from Arycs facilities with limited travel.

You will drive lab-based validation, test plans, and design-in success in collaboration with engineering and product management. This role requires 7+ years in optical communications, strong scripting in Python, hands-on experience with test equipment,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in optical communications and integration across transceivers and module management protocols (CMIS/SFF).
• Experience interfacing with hyperscalers, OEMs, or module vendors in a customer-facing role.
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for automation, debugging, and validation.
• Hands-on experience with test equipment such as BERTs, oscilloscopes, OSA, etc.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for key customer engagements, driving successful design-in of Arycs’ coherent optical solutions.
• Collaborate with product management and development to address issues and support customer qualification efforts.
• Coordinate lab validation, interoperability testing, and host-system compatibility testing in the internal lab.
• Develop customer-facing docs, application notes, and debug guides.
• Act as primary technical POC for assigned customers and support special test requests in the Arycs lab.
• Document deviations and reproduce issues from customers to enable root cause analysis.

Skills

Python scripting

Lab validation

System integration

Customer-facing

Tools

BERTs

Oscilloscopes

OSA

Job description

About Arycs Technologies

Arycs delivers power-efficient, coherent-class optical connectivity based on silicon photonics, coherent DSP, and advanced optical architectures. Our solutions provide industry-leading bandwidth per watt, deterministic performance, and flexible network evolution for AI, cloud, telecom, and edge infrastructure. Designed for real world deployment, Arycs Technologies enables networks to scale with growing AI demand without disruptive redesign or hardware replacement.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Principal Systems Integration Engineer to join the Arycs’ GTM team. In this role, you will serve as the primary technical point of contact for key customers, owning integration of our product into customers platforms, lab-based validation, and customer-specific characterization from a dedicated lab environment. You will work closely with internal engineering and product management to ensure interoperability with our customers platform, reproduce issues, execute test plans, and drive design-in success, primarily from Arycs’ facilities with selective customer travel.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for key customer engagements, driving successful design-in of Arycs’ coherent optical solutions.
• Work closely with product management and development to address technical issues, support customer qualification efforts, and coordinate lab validation.
• Support module-level interoperability testing and host-system compatibility validation in the internal lab environment.
• Develop customer-facing documentation, application notes, and debug guides.
• Act as primary technical POC for assigned customers; support customer-specific characterization and special test requests (e.g., latency budget, power margin, Host Interface performance) within the Arycs lab environment.
• Conduct hands-on root cause analysis to address design-in issues effectively.
• Respond to customer tickets and reproduce reported issues in the internal lab to facilitate thorough root cause analysis.
• Document product deviation reports for alpha samples or early prototypes, ensuring clear communication of findings.
• Coordinate and set up product demonstrations at tradeshows and Arycs Tech facilities.
• Define and provide requirements for customer evaluation boards (hardware/software).
• Develop, align, and execute comprehensive customer test plans to ensure optimal product performance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in optical communications, with strong understanding of optical transceivers and module management protocols. (CMIS/SFF) Familiarity with AI networking switch/router systems, host electrical interfaces, and system-level integration of optical modules
• Proven experience interfacing with hyperscalers, system OEMs, or module vendors in a customer-facing capacity.
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages for automation, debug, and system-level validation.
• Hands-on experience with test equipment such as BERTs, oscilloscopes, OSA, etc.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly convey complex technical topics.

Ability to travel as needed (estimated <10%) to customer sites or company facilities; role is primarily lab-based.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive compensation and incentive plan
• 401(k) plan with 3% company matching contributions
• Robust medical, dental, and vision benefits that promote your health and wellness
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy to support work-life balance
• Flexible work environment
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a growing organization
• High visibility across the company with exposure to executive leadership
• Collaborative, innovative, and execution-focused culture