Senior Transceiver Firmware Engineer

Jabil Canada Corporation; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jabil Ottawa seeks a Senior Transceiver Firmware Engineer to lead firmware implementation for high-speed transceivers. This role requires extensive firmware development experience and the ability to guide a cross-functional team in meeting project milestones. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and a background in fiber optics.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years demonstrated experience with firmware development, ideally for fiber optic transceiver products.
• Experience with source code management and load build environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional design team interactions and responsibilities.
• Drive delivery of complete design packages and analyses.
• Provide technical support for all manufacturing builds.

Skills

Firmware Development

Low Level Software

Device Control Schemes

Education

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Masters level preferred

Job description

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the worlds top brands offering comprehensive engineering manufacturing and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

JOB SUMMARY

Jabil Ottawa is currently recruiting for a Senior (Lead) Transceiver Firmware Engineer. The successful candidate will have a prominent role in implementing the firmware and software base for the user interface as well as the device and DSP control schemes. The product line is a set of pluggable transceivers operating above 400Gb / s consisting of QSFPDD and OSFP form factors among others.

As a Lead Engineer you will be able to technically lead the entire cross functional design team on their interactions and responsibilities for that project. A Lead Engineer is responsible for insuring the phase gate technical milestones are met is the leader of technical reviews and is responsible for making sure that the specification requirements inputs and design outputs align. This engineer will have demonstrated experience at releasing product into a production environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Meet the requirements of Sr. Design Engineer Product Line Management and Customer

Would be considered a SME (Subject Matter Expert) in their field of competency.

Will represent Jabil Design Services in technical customer discussions / meetings.

Work with Project Managers in the quoting and schedule definition process.

Provide technical input to help identify and solve project risks that may affect overall project plans and schedules.

Is expected to support the development and utilization of best practices for design

At the appropriate process phase gates drive the delivery of a complete design package to be entered into our PDM / code management system consisting of requirements and design documentation databases BOMs etc. / drive the delivery of a complete design analysis to be delivered to the customer consisting of detailed proposals cost impacts risk levels pros / cons models etc

Lead all elements of design engineering including design reviews design verification requirement & Spec developments implementation supply chain & supplier feedback requirements for implementation transfer to design and manufacturing team.

Mentoring Sr. Design Engineers and below

Provide technical support for all manufacturing builds including engineering prototypes NPI & production releases.

Stay abreast of the latest technology and techniques to provide designs that are competitive and cost effective.

Support management in identifying internal and external resources to support product development / analysis

May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering required. Masters level preferred.

At least 8 years demonstrated experience with firmware / low level software development ideally for fiber optic transceiver products.

Demonstrated experience with source code management issue tracking and load build environments.

Ability to work with global teams with occasional international travel and evening teleconferences.

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read analyze and interpret general business periodicals professional journals technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers clients customers and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistics and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions percentages ratios and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to develop

mathematical models of physical reality and solve them then implement the results.

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Jabil including its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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