DSP Optical Design Engineer - High-Speed Transceivers

Celero Communications, Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Celero Communications Inc. seeks a DSP - Optical Design Engineer to help build next-generation optical transceivers.

The role centers on developing DSP algorithms for high-speed optical modems and collaborating across ASIC, firmware, and verification teams. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s or PhD in EE/Physics/Math with 2+ years of industry experience, and strong skills in DSP, digital communications, and programming (C/C++, Python, MATLAB).

Qualifications

• Strong theoretical background in digital signal processing and communications.
• Experience developing DSP algorithms for high-speed optical systems.
• Candidates with industry experience are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and evaluate DSP algorithms for high-speed optical communication systems.
• Design and optimize DSP blocks in optical transceivers (adaptive equalization, timing recovery, carrier phase recovery, polarization demux, nonlinear compensation).
• Develop system-level simulation models of optical links and evaluate DSP performance under realistic channels.
• Analyze performance under impairments like noise, chromatic dispersion, polarization, and hardware non-idealities.
• Verify and optimize performance through floating-point and fixed-point simulations.
• Develop bit- and cycle-accurate models to support ASIC implementation.
• Document design details and collaborate with ASIC, firmware, and verification teams for silicon implementation.

Skills

DSP algorithms

C/C++

Python

MATLAB

Digital communications

Fiber optics

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics

Tools

GitHub

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

Celero Communications Inc. seeks a DSP - Optical Design Engineer to help build next-generation optical transceivers.

The role centers on developing DSP algorithms for high-speed optical modems and collaborating across ASIC, firmware, and verification teams. Ideal candidates hold a Master’s or PhD in EE/Physics/Math with 2+ years of industry experience, and strong skills in DSP, digital communications, and programming (C/C++, Python, MATLAB).