Optical System Senior Manager

Lumentum

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About The Position

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Conduct technical feasibility studies and risk analyses for next-generation optical module solutions in both IMDD and coherent systems across various application scenarios. Lead the technology and product development for next-generation optical transceivers, including system architecture, simulation, circuit and optics design, process development, testing, and performance optimization. Collaborate closely with key component suppliers, including DSP, PIC, and EIC partners, to ensure alignment on specifications, performance targets, and integration requirements. Lumentum is powering the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer.

Requirements

• Strong familiarity with direct-detection and coherent optical communication architectures, including optical link and network-level requirements.
• Deep technical knowledge of high-speed optical transceiver components such as DSPs, drivers, TIAs, and optical elements including lasers, MZMs, EMLs, and photodetectors.
• Ability to analyze and quantify the impact of various system impairments, including noise, crosstalk, nonlinearity, reflections, and dispersion on optical module performance.
• Hands-on experience in high-speed hardware development, including RF modeling, design principles, and understanding of process limitations.
• Leadership experience in managing cross-functional engineering teams, setting technical direction, and driving project execution to achieve development milestones.
• Familiar with key engineering software tools, including: MATLAB and Python for data analysis, automation, algorithm development, and simulation implementation ADS, HFSS for RF and electromagnetic modeling VPI for optical link simulation

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical feasibility studies and risk analyses for next-generation optical module solutions in both IMDD and coherent systems across various application scenarios.
• Lead the technology and product development for next-generation optical transceivers, including system architecture, simulation, circuit and optics design, process development, testing, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate closely with key component suppliers, including DSP, PIC, and EIC partners, to ensure alignment on specifications, performance targets, and integration requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees