# Staff Systems Engineer, Architecture & Requirements at Neurophos

- Company: Neurophos
- What the company does: Neurophos develops photonic AI processing technology that focuses on hardware solutions for accelerating artificial intelligence inference by replacing traditional electronic compute elements with Optical Processing Units (OPUs). Backed by Purple Arch Ventures.
- Company website: https://neurophos.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $185K to $215K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neurophos/8d85119f-c281-4c88-9730-fc82cb4b82b8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/neurophos-staff-systems-engineer-architecture-and-requirements/

## About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to own the architecture and requirements focus area for our optical vector-matrix multiplication (OVMM) engine product roadmap. This role is responsible for defining the OVMM signal-path architecture, decomposing product-level requirements into subsystem and interface specifications, and keeping that requirements set coherent, leveled, and traceable as the product evolves.

## What they're looking for

- Degree: MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field, with emphasis on systems engineering or mixed-signal/optical system architecture
- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in systems engineering, requirements management, or architecture definition for complex electro-optic, mixed-signal, or communications hardware
- Requirements Engineering: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain leveled requirements sets, interface control documents, and verification/traceability matrices, and to flow top-level requirements down into defensible subsystem allocations
- Architecture & Trade Studies: Proven ability to quantify architectural trade-offs (performance, power, complexity, cost) and to make and defend architecture decisions across disciplines
- System Modeling Literacy: Working fluency with signal-path and link-budget models (Python or MATLAB) sufficient to evaluate the impact of a trade study, even where day-to-day modeling is owned by others
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication, with the credibility to negotiate and align priorities across Responsible Engineers, functional leads, and executive stakeholders

Tags: Engineering