Principal Engineer, Hardware Design - Optics
About The Position
Celestica Engineering is seeking a highly motivated and self-driven candidate qualified for the position of Optical System Engineer to help design and build market leading Fiber Optic Communication Switching Network.The Optical Engineer will be a member of the Engineering team in larger Hardware Platform Development team. The candidate will be a Technical team leader, providing the detailed feature/functional specifications/system architecture, design and qualification for complex fiber Optics transceiver module and system, primarily 10 Gbit/s – 100 Gbit/s. This position requires an individual who will collaborate within R&D Engineering hardware and software teams on all matters related to datacenter and campus-wide network switch connectivity using Fiber Optics Components and other technologies.
Requirements
- 10+ years’ experience in fiber optic communication and Hardware product development.
- Highly self-motivated with a strong multidisciplinary background
- Demonstrated strong problem solving and analytical skills, ability to work independently or in a team.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Nice To Haves
- Experience and familiarity with vendor base for Optical Products is desired.
- Master’s degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Strong skills in developing Fiber Optic modules such as SFP+/XFP/CFP/QSFP.
- Perform optical and electrical characterization and qualification of high-speed pluggable optical transceivers and copper cables.
- Work closely with Engineering teams in new product introduction (NPI) process
- Develop, automate, and document new test procedures for the qualification of new pluggable optical transceivers or cables.
- Work closely with signal integrity and electrical hardware teams to debug, test and bring-up the Ethernet switching hardware which supports optical transceivers and cables.
- Provide engineering expertise and onsite support for interoperability demonstrations.
- Support internal product dev., qualification, and testing efforts.
- Support external optics certification and interoperability with 3rd party networking equipment.
- Help formulate vendor selection, management, and procurement strategy.
- Familiarity with high-speed pluggable transceiver form-factors and MSAs.
- Detailed experience with high-speed electrical and optical test equipment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
