Senior Staff Application Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Staff Application Engineer (DSP/Optical Communications): Assisting customers in designing and optimizing networking or optical subsystem products that integrate hirify.global coherent DSP solutions with an accent on debugging challenging optical, analog, and signal-processing problems in customer implementations. Focus on translating customer requirements into deliverables and collaborating across cross-functional engineering teams to accelerate customer success.

Location: Onsite in Santa Clara, CA. Operate from our Santa Clara site, five days a week.

Salary: $121,400–$181,800 per annum

Company

hirify.global is a global semiconductor leader providing solutions for data infrastructure across enterprise, cloud, and AI architectures.

What you will do

• Assist customers in designing networking or optical subsystem products using hirify.global coherent DSP solutions.
• Partner with customers to optimize and validate hirify.global’s coherent DSP platforms in real-world optical systems.
• Debug challenging optical, analog, and signal-processing problems in customer implementations with a hands-on mindset.
• Capture and translate customer requirements and feature requests into actionable deliverables.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams (analog, digital, DSP algorithm, firmware, system, optical) to remove engineering obstacles.
• Provide technical guidance and training to customers on hirify.global’s coherent DSP solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant professional experience, OR a Master’s and/or PhD with 3+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of digital signal processing and its application in optical communications.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed electro-optical components and characterization techniques.
• Proficiency in programming/analysis languages and tools such as Python, C/C++, MATLAB.
• Excellent analytical, data-analysis, and communication skills.
• Must be eligible to access U.S. export-controlled information as defined under applicable law (e.g., U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals).

Nice to have

• Experience with Ethernet and/or OTN protocols.
• Knowledge of coherent transceiver module design.
• Experience with DSP offline processing and system-level optical networking hardware.

Culture & Benefits

• Be part of a global semiconductor leader whose technologies power the data infrastructure of the future, including AI factory, cloud, and telecom networks.
• Innovate real hardware and solutions ranging from scale-up within an equipment rack to scale-across, connecting the continent.
• Enjoy a culture of collaboration, transparency, and inclusion, empowered to make a meaningful impact.
• Gain exposure to analog, digital, firmware, optical, system-level expertise, and customer-facing engagements for continuous growth.
• Receive a total compensation package including a base, bonus, and equity.
• Health and financial wellbeing benefits include flexible time off, 401k, a year-end shutdown, floating holidays, and paid time off to volunteer.

Hiring process

• Candidates are asked not to use AI tools (e.g., transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT, CoPilot, or note-taking bots) during interviews.
• Use of such tools during an interview will lead to disqualification from the hiring process.