Team Leader – Routing Lab (M/F)

Adoc Talent Management; Boulogne-Billancourt; Sur place; EUR 80 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Team Leader – Routing Lab in Boulogne-Billancourt. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the router industry, a Ph.D. in fields like Communication Engineering, and a strong track record in research and team management. Responsibilities include leading innovative projects in AI-driven routing technologies and managing collaborations with academic institutions.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in technical research and team management.
• In-depth understanding of the telecommunications industry.
• Strong background in network technology with published work.

Responsabilités

• Lead research on data communication routing.
• Transform technological breakthroughs into market-ready solutions.
• Develop collaborations with universities and research institutions.

Connaissances

Technical research leadership

Interdisciplinary communication

Telecommunications industry insight

Formation

Ph.D. in relevant fields

Outils

TCP/IP protocol stack

MPLS/SRv6

AI technologies

Description du poste

Position

Adoc Talent Management is recruiting a Team Leader – Routing Lab (M/F) for its client, a global leader in next-generation network infrastructures. This position sits at the crossroads of network technology and artificial intelligence, with the ambition to design the routing solutions that will power the next generation of AI applications and services.

You will join a high-impact innovation team dedicated to transforming communication networks by combining advanced routing algorithms, AI-driven optimization, and computing power interconnection, while building strategic collaborations with top academic and industry partners.

Responsibilities:

As the team leader of the Paris Routing Lab, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of intelligent routing technologies and ensuring their commercial transformation into real-world systems.

• Technical Research & Innovation
  Lead cutting-edge research on data communication routing and network optimization algorithms to build competitive core competencies. Explore novel technologies combining network routing, AI, trustworthiness, and deterministic experiences, defining research directions for the next-generation router industry.
• Commercial Transformation
  Transform technological breakthroughs into market-ready solutions, driving continuous competitiveness for network products and solutions.
• Ecosystem Construction & Influence Building
  Develop strong collaborations with European universities, research institutions, and customers. Promote joint innovation projects, strengthen industry influence, and attract world-class talents to reinforce the laboratory’s leadership.
• Technical Insight
  Continuously monitor emerging trends in both academia and industry to anticipate technological shifts and translate them into new opportunities for product development and business growth.
• Lab Leadership in Intelligent Routing
  Drive R&D on intelligent routing core technologies, focusing on scenarios such as mobile bearer networks and data center interconnection (DCI). Contribute to breakthroughs in real-time network state perception, AI-driven intelligent traffic scheduling, and the seamless coordination of the control plane and data plane.

By leading these efforts, you will help design an integrated “perception–decision–scheduling” routing architecture, setting the foundations for the networks of tomorrow.

Qualifications:

Skills Requirements:

• Extensive experience in technical research and team management, capable of leading teams in innovative technical research.

• Excellent interdisciplinary learning ability, able to quickly understand and integrate multidisciplinary knowledge.

• Outstanding communication skills, capable of effectively conveying technical ideas and collaborating with teams and partners.

• In-depth understanding of the telecommunications industry, with industry analysis and insight capabilities.

Experience Requirements:

• Familiar with operator networks, enterprise backbone network- related technologies and solutions, able to grasp operator domain dynamics, understand customer pain points, and possess independent end-to-end solution design capabilities; deeply understand operator networks and related technical solutions, and understand the business expansion process of operator networks.

• Over 10 years of experience in the router industry, with experience in innovative large-scale commercial transformation in the router industry.

• Strong academic background in network technology, with publications in high-level academic papers. Have certain influence in academic or industry technical conferences, with industry- recognized technical achievements.

• Ph.D. in Communication Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or related fields.

• Possession of relevant patents, technical awards, or experience in senior technical roles.

Technical Background:

• Mastery of communication network knowledge, familiarity with TCP/IP protocol stack, proficiency in MPLS/SRv6 applications, traffic engineering, QoS, and traffic shaping technologies, and familiarity with network virtualization and SDN applications.

• In-depth understanding of network protocols, traffic engineering, and network measurement theories and technologies.

• Proficiency in AI-related knowledge (e.g., deep learning, large model training/inference, distributed computing).

• Knowledge in operations research optimization, including linear programming, graph algorithms, optimization methods, etc.

Additional Qualifications:

• Deep understanding and practical experience in large-scale network optimization and traffic management.

• Publications in top journals/conferences.

• Experience in AI large model-related backgrounds.

• Excellent English proficiency.

Ready to take on the challenge? Apply now by sending your CV, publications/patents, motivations & salary expectations to Adoc Talent Management!