Staff Systems Engineer, Architecture & Requirements

Neurophos
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 185,000 - 215,000 annuallyFunction: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)Experience: 5+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Written communication","Verbal communication","Negotiation","Mentoring"]

Own and maintain the OVMM signal-path architecture for an optical vector-matrix multiplication engine, translating product and system requirements into leveled subsystem specifications and interface control documents. Lead architecture trade studies (e.g., channel count and TX/RX configuration), manage variant trades with requirements traceability, and drive resolution of interface conflicts across optics, analog, digital, and software teams. Partner with modeling and calibration teams to ensure requirements are verifiable and support bring-up.

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Staff Systems Engineer, Architecture & Requirements

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Job Summary

Own and maintain the OVMM signal-path architecture for an optical vector-matrix multiplication engine, translating product and system requirements into leveled subsystem specifications and interface control documents. Lead architecture trade studies (e.g., channel count and TX/RX configuration), manage variant trades with requirements traceability, and drive resolution of interface conflicts across optics, analog, digital, and software teams. Partner with modeling and calibration teams to ensure requirements are verifiable and support bring-up.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: IT Operations (Systems/Network Admin)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and maintain the OVMM signal-path architecture to keep it internally consistent as requirements and subsystem designs evolve.
  • •Translate product- and system-level requirements into subsystem and work-package specifications, maintaining leveled ownership and priorities.
  • •Define and maintain interface specifications across optics, analog, digital, and software; identify conflicts and drive resolution.
  • •Lead architecture trade studies (e.g., channel count and TX/RX configuration), quantifying impacts on performance, power, and complexity.
  • •Lead requirements reviews across functional teams, negotiate scope with Responsible Engineers, and resolve conflicts before they propagate downstream.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 185,000 - 215,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceHsaPaid Leave401kEquityDentalVisionLife InsuranceVoluntary BenefitsAccident Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field with systems engineering or mixed-signal/optical architecture emphasis.
  • •5+ years in systems engineering, requirements management, or architecture definition for complex electro-optic, mixed-signal, or communications hardware.
  • •Experience building and maintaining leveled requirements sets, interface control documents, and verification/traceability matrices.
  • •Ability to quantify and defend architectural trade-offs (performance, power, complexity, cost) across disciplines.
  • •Working fluency with signal-path and link-budget models using Python or MATLAB for trade-study evaluation.
Experience:5+ years
Education:Master's in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics (or closely related field)
Skills:Written communicationVerbal communicationNegotiationMentoring
Tech Stack:PythonMATLABDOORSJiraGitCadence VirtuosoSpectreHSAGit-based documentation

Company Brief

Neurophos
Develops metamaterial-based photonic optical processing units (OPUs) to deliver high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference chips for datacenters, aiming to scale photonic compute to exaflop levels.
Industry: Deep Tech
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Austin, United States
Founded: 2020
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