Senior Photonics Engineer – PICs & Optical Systems (Flex)

Ciena Corporation; Milano; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Ciena in Milano, Italy is seeking an experienced Senior Optical Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, and commercialization of advanced optical technologies.

You will design PICs, develop optical subsystems, and lead optical characterization while collaborating with hardware, software, manufacturing and systems teams to deliver scalable photonics solutions across the product lifecycle.

Formación

• Master's or PhD in Optics, Photonics, Physics, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing, testing, and optimizing photonic/optical systems.
• Experience designing/simiulating PICs using Lumerical or VPIphotonics or equivalents.
• Experience with optical amplification technologies (EDFA/Raman/SOA).
• Python for instrument control, automation, data processing.
• Hands-on experience with optical characterization and calibration equipment.
• Experience with fiber-optic tech: alignment, coupling, splicing, integration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; English communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Design, simulate, and optimize PICs and optical modules for telecom and photonics applications.
• Develop and implement optical test setups for component and system-level testing.
• Define and document optical test plans, data collection, and analysis.
• Use Python to automate test environments and instrument control.
• Support transition of optical products from R&D to manufacturing, ensuring scalability.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, manufacturing, and systems teams to resolve cross-disciplinary challenges.
• Provide design optimization recommendations based on data analyses.
• Identify risks and drive root-cause analysis in optical systems.

Conocimientos

PIC design

Optical testing

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Educación

Master's or PhD in Optics/Photonic/Physics/EE

Herramientas

Lumerical

VPIphotonics

Python

Optical Spectrum Analyzers

Optical Power Meters

Tunable Lasers

Polarization Controllers

Descripción del empleo

Ciena in Milano, Italy is seeking an experienced Senior Optical Engineer to contribute to the design, development, testing, and commercialization of advanced optical technologies.

You will design PICs, develop optical subsystems, and lead optical characterization while collaborating with hardware, software, manufacturing and systems teams to deliver scalable photonics solutions across the product lifecycle.