DSP Engineer

The role

The DSP Engineer will combine digital signal processing expertise with hardware design to advance measurement capabilities for ultra-high-speed serial data systems. This role involves developing measurement techniques and algorithms for optical and electrical signaling systems to support AI infrastructure.

What you will do

• Serve as a subject matter expert for high-speed serial data measurements.
• Develop and refine advanced measurement techniques and algorithms for ultra-high-speed optical and electrical signaling systems.
• Improve TECQ/TDECQ measurement accuracy and related algorithms.
• Support advanced measurement work aligned with IEEE 802.3 standards.
• Contribute to Functional Receiver measurement work.
• Research, design, and develop tools for ultra-high-speed serial data applications.
• Drive hardware improvements that reduce timebase jitter toward 100 fs.

Required qualifications

• Strong expertise in digital signal processing for high-speed serial data measurements.
• Hands-on hardware design experience for high-speed measurement systems, optical transceivers, or related photonics/electrical test platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with advanced measurement algorithms, signal integrity, jitter analysis, and high-bandwidth instrumentation.
• Familiarity with IEEE 802.3 measurement methodologies and optical communication standards.
• Ability to translate complex measurement challenges into practical algorithms, tools, and hardware improvements.
• Strong communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with TECQ/TDECQ measurements, equalization, waveform processing, and receiver modeling.
• Background in optical communications, high-speed SerDes, photonics, or AI infrastructure interconnect technologies.
• Experience developing measurement automation tools, test platforms, or custom instrumentation workflows.
• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Applied Physics, or a related technical discipline.

Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• Professional development opportunities and certification support
• Access to cutting-edge technology and cloud platforms

About the company

Lumilens is building photonics infrastructure for AI supercomputing, including chip-to-chip optical interconnects and scalable photonic engines. It is a well-funded startup backed by Mayfield.