Electrical Engineer - ASIC Applications and LDA Development

About the Role

Bright Silicon Technologies (BST) develops precision optical systems built around our Lightfield Directing Array (LDA), a MEMS micromirror array for fast, precise control of light. Custom electronics drive and sense the motion of these devices, supporting applications in optical communications, tracking, and light control. Characterizing and integrating these electronics is central to advancing the LDA from research into reliable products. We’re looking for an electrical engineer to own the specification, qualification, and integration of custom silicon for our LDA technology. You’ll develop test boards, instrumentation, and automated test systems to characterize mixed-signal ASICs, evaluate their reliability, and integrate them with MEMS hardware. Working with our mechanical, software, production, and product teams, you’ll turn laboratory measurements and system requirements into validated hardware and specifications for the next generation of LDA devices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of electronics and PCBAs for acceptance testing, performance qualification, and long-term reliability testing of custom ASICs for LDA applications.
• Work across mixed-signal ASICs, high-voltage electronics, digital and FPGA systems, embedded MCUs and MPUs, DACs and ADCs, analog and digital signal processing, environmental test equipment, and automated test software.
• Develop test plans and test apparatus, create schematics and PCB layouts, source components and board fabrication, validate hardware, and execute and scale test programs for silicon received from the foundry.
• Characterize many-channel MEMS actuation and position sensing ICs, conduct environmental and ongoing reliability testing, and develop LDA instrumentation and calibration systems.
• Define requirements for custom ICs in next-generation LDA systems, including digital, analog, and high-voltage designs that improve performance, power consumption, size, cost, and supply chain resilience.
• Develop solutions for product lifecycle management and scaling to production, troubleshoot field issues, and verify that deliverables meet product-level requirements.
• Collaborate with mechanical, production, software, and product teams to understand user requirements for ASICs and test equipment, define subsystem requirements, and integrate hardware and software across disciplines.
• Source components and services and manage relationships with external customers and vendors.
• Prepare clear technical documentation for internal use and external release.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least five years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in full-stack PCB design, including detailed specifications, design, hardware bring-up, and integration.
• Experience with ECAD tools such as Altium, Allegro/OrCAD, Eagle, KiCad, or equivalent.
• Experience using electronic test equipment and troubleshooting hardware issues.
• Experience with a numerical or scripting language such as Python,