Product Quality Engineer (Photonics)

Location: Onsite in Chon Buri, Thailand

Company

hirify.global is a well-funded startup building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing, including optical interconnects and scalable photonic engines.

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 reliability input to R&D and design engineering throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Define and execute qualification plans using Telcordia/GR-468, JEDEC, MIL-STD, and other telecom/datacom standards.
• Conduct accelerated life testing, failure analysis, degradation modeling, and root cause investigations.
• Collaborate with photonics design, packaging, manufacturing, quality, product marketing, and supply chain teams on product development and production transfer.
• Lead supplier qualification, supplier audits, quality metrics, incoming component validation, and reliability reporting.

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 new product introduction and product qualification from concept through volume production.
• Knowledge of GR-468, Telcordia, JEDEC, and MIL-STD standards.
• Experience with reliability modeling, statistical analysis, Weibull and Arrhenius methods, and tools such as JMP or Minitab.
• Hands-on experience with HTOL, HAST, temperature/humidity, temperature cycling, and failure-analysis tools such as SEM, FIB, X-ray, and spectroscopy.

Nice to have

• Experience with 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

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance.
• Professional development opportunities and certification support.
• Access to cutting-edge technology and cloud platforms.
• Collaborative cross-functional environment with autonomy and opportunities for significant impact.
• Quarterly off-site meetings or travel may be required; occasional overtime and flexible hours may be necessary.