Senior Design Engineer & Team Lead - Fibre Optic Subsystems

Vibe Recruit; Ilminster; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Vibe Recruit is seeking a Senior Design Engineer & Team Leader to join the Optics and Fibre Optic R&D team. You will lead a small team, stay hands-on with design, prototype build, testing and customer engagement, driving next-gen fibre-optic technologies.

Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate, with opportunities across high-power fibre-optic amplifier sub-systems for communications, aerospace & defence, and remote sensing.

Qualifications

• Degree or PhD in Engineering or Physics with an optics, photonics or fibre-optics focus.
• Experience in optics/photonics industry.
• Commercial experience developing fibre-optic or laser products.
• Hands-on fibre-optic splicing and testing.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in design and development of fibre-optic sub-systems including high-power optical amplifiers.
• Lead and manage small project teams to deliver on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with optical, mechanical and electronic engineers in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Involve in prototype build, assembly, testing and customer engagement.
• Develop and execute test plans for functional and environmental verification.
• Engage with customers, negotiate specifications and present results.

Skills

Fibre-optic design

Team leadership

Optics/photonics knowledge

Prototype build

Customer engagement

Test and verification

Proposal writing

Education

Degree or PhD in Engineering or Physics (optics/photonics/fibre-optics)

Tools

Test equipment knowledge

Job description

Vibe Recruit is seeking a Senior Design Engineer & Team Leader to join the Optics and Fibre Optic R&D team. You will lead a small team, stay hands-on with design, prototype build, testing and customer engagement, driving next-gen fibre-optic technologies.

Relocation assistance is available for the right candidate, with opportunities across high-power fibre-optic amplifier sub-systems for communications, aerospace & defence, and remote sensing.