Application/System Engineer – Optical Transceivers & Communication Systems
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Your mission
As an Application Engineer, you will play a key role in enabling customer success by demonstrating our products, supporting technical evaluations, and acting as a crucial interface between our internal engineering team and our customers. You will work across the full value chain—from understanding system-level requirements and supporting design input, to hands-on testing and customer support.
Your mission
As an Application Engineer, you will play a key role in enabling customer success by demonstrating our products, supporting technical evaluations, and acting as a crucial interface between our internal engineering team and our customers. You will work across the full value chain—from understanding system-level requirements and supporting design input, to hands-on testing and customer support.
Key Responsibilities
* Perform product demonstrations and technical evaluations for customers, including hands-on setup and measurement (e.g., eye diagrams, BER testing, VNA measurements).
* Provide technical support for the integration of our products into customer systems.
* Understand and communicate the full chain of the optical transceiver system—from PIC design, packaging, and driver electronics to system-level testing.
* Develop application notes, reference designs, and test setups to showcase product performance.
* Act as a technical liaison between customers and internal teams (design, test, and product management).
Your profile
* MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optical Communications, or a related field.
* Solid understanding of optical communication systems and transceiver architectures.
* Hands-on experience with optical and electrical testing equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, DCAs, OSAs, lasers, photodiodes, analog high-speed electronics, PAM4 DSP).
* Familiarity with signal integrity, high-speed modulation formats, and eye diagram analysis (e.g. OMA, BER, SNR, TDECQ, RL).
* Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
* Experience in customer-facing roles or high technical service support is a strong plus.
* Programming/scripting experience (e.g., Python, MATLAB, ...) for test automation is a plus.
Why us?
At Polariton, we embrace the values of teamwork, curiosity, and communication. You will have the chance to expand your horizons through training and mentorship in a diverse and global team focused on innovation and collaboration.
We provide a flexible work schedule, enabling you to maintain a healthy balance between work and life commitments. With quick decision-making and a flat hierarchy, you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact from day one. Our strong team spirit is evident in our social events, creating opportunities to foster lasting relationships beyond the workplace.
Join Polariton and become a part of shaping the future of technology, working with the world's fastest, smallest, and most energy-efficient photonic integrated circuits.
About Us
Polariton Technologies is at the forefront of revolutionizing optical connectivity, providing the world's fastest, smallest, and most energy-efficient photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to leaders in academia and industry. Our mission is to overcome existing technology limitations and empower our adopters to address the next frontier of photonic challenges.
Born out of ETH Zurich in 2019, we now have a team of over 20 amazing professionals from different backgrounds and 15 different nationalities, working by our values of Teamwork and Collaboration, Curiosity and Continuous Learning and Clear and Effective Communication.
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