Principal Optical Engineer: Coherent Optics & Calibration

Nokia; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Corporate retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Nokia is seeking an experienced Principal Optical Engineer to own calibration, sustaining, and optical integration for high-speed coherent linecards. You will lead bring-up, manufacturing enablement, and performance sustainment across development, NPI, and production, partnering with DSP, hardware, firmware, test, and manufacturing teams.

You will mentor optical engineers, analyze complex data, and define scalable bring-up flows for lab to factory deployment, while staying current with industry

Qualifications

• Master's or Ph.D. in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field—or equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in optical engineering, with a focus on high-speed optical systems / coherent transceivers / linecards.
• Proven expertise in optical calibration, sustaining/debug, and/or optical integration of coherent modules or linecards.

Responsibilities

• Own optical calibration architecture, procedures, and tooling for coherent modules/linecards across development, NPI, and manufacturing; correlate calibration results with system KPIs (e.g. BER/FEC margin, OSNR tolerance, EVM/Q).
• Lead sustaining for optical performance: production/yield issues, field returns, failure analysis support, root-cause analysis, and durable corrective actions with cross-functional owners.
• Drive optical integration from first prototypes/EVB through linecard integration and manufacturing process enablement; develop and document bring-up and optimization flows that scale from lab to factory.
• Analyze test and calibration data; produce clear reports with findings, risk assessment, and recommendations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, debug, and optimize coherent optical performance; troubleshoot system issues to maintain performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Contribute calibration/integration learnings from the current product generation into next-generation coherent platforms.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor for optical engineers; communicate status, risks, and trade-offs to project leads and management.
• Stay current with advancements in coherent optics and fiber communications and apply relevant methods to team practice.

Skills

Optical calibration

Sustaining engineering

Optical integration

DSP interaction

Python scripting

Lab measurement

Education

Master's or Ph.D. in Optical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

OSA

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Power meters

Lab automation tooling

Job description

Nokia is seeking an experienced Principal Optical Engineer to own calibration, sustaining, and optical integration for high-speed coherent linecards. You will lead bring-up, manufacturing enablement, and performance sustainment across development, NPI, and production, partnering with DSP, hardware, firmware, test, and manufacturing teams.

You will mentor optical engineers, analyze complex data, and define scalable bring-up flows for lab to factory deployment, while staying current with industry