Product Quality & Test Reliability Engineer (Photonics)

Location: Singapore

Company

hirify.global is a well-funded startup developing photonics infrastructure, optical interconnects, and photonic engines for AI supercomputing and high-performance computing.

What you will do

• Drive reliability execution for silicon photonics ICs, DFB and continuous-wave lasers, and optoelectronic SiPs used in high-speed optical networks.
• Provide early reliability input to R&D and design engineering throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Define and execute qualification plans based on Telcordia/GR-468, JEDEC, MIL-STD, and other telecom and datacom standards.
• Conduct accelerated life testing, failure analysis, degradation modeling, and root-cause investigations.
• Lead supplier qualification, audits, capability assessments, and supplier quality metrics for critical photonics components.
• Develop Design for Reliability methodologies and prepare technical reviews, reliability reports, and risk assessments.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Materials Science, or a related field, or equivalent photonics reliability engineering experience.
• Direct experience with silicon photonics, laser technologies, optical transceivers, photonics device physics, packaging, and failure mechanisms.
• Experience supporting NPI programs and product qualification from concept through volume production.
• Knowledge of GR-468, Telcordia, JEDEC, and MIL-STD standards.
• Experience with reliability modeling and statistical analysis, including Weibull and Arrhenius methods, using JMP, Minitab, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with HTOL, HAST, temperature/humidity, thermal cycling, and failure-analysis tools such as SEM, FIB, X-ray, and spectroscopy.

Nice to have

• Experience in integrated photonics packaging and optical-electrical co-design.
• Familiarity with wafer-level reliability and optical wafer probing.
• Experience working with Tier-1 datacenter customers or hyperscalers.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work on photonics technology for AI infrastructure and high-performance computing.
• Autonomy and significant ownership in a ground-floor startup environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance.
• Professional development opportunities and certification support.
• Access to advanced photonics technology and packaging environments.
• Collaboration with cross-functional engineering, manufacturing, quality, marketing, and supply-chain teams.