Principal Systems Integration Engineer

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.
• Carry out 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.
• Cook up 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