Lead Optical Systems Engineer - Fiber Networking

Celestica; Texas; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Engineering is seeking an Optical System Engineer to design and build market leading fiber optic switching networks. The role leads feature specifications and architecture for high-speed transceivers, collaborating with hardware and software R&D to deliver reliable datacenter connectivity.

Candidates should have 10+ years in fiber optics hardware, strong problem solving, and excellent communication; the position offers remote work from the U.S.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in fiber optic communication and hardware product development.
• Highly self-motivated with a strong multidisciplinary background.
• Demonstrated strong problem solving and analytical skills, ability to work independently or in a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly.

Responsibilities

• Experience and familiarity with vendor base for Optical Products is desired.
• Strong skills in developing Fiber Optic modules such as SFP+/XFP/CFP/QSFP.
• Perform optical and electrical characterization and qualification of high-speed pluggable optical transceivers and copper cables.
• Work closely with Engineering teams in new product introduction (NPI) process
• Develop, automate, and document new test procedures for the qualification of new pluggable optical transceivers or cables.
• Work closely with signal integrity and electrical hardware teams to debug, test and bring-up the Ethernet switching hardware which supports optical transceivers and cables.
• Provide engineering expertise and onsite support for interoperability demonstrations.
• Support internal product dev., qualification, and testing efforts.
• Support external optics certification and interoperability with 3rd party networking equipment.
• Help formulate vendor selection, management, and procurement strategy.
• Familiarity with high-speed pluggable transceiver form-factors and MSAs.
• Detailed experience with high-speed electrical and optical test equipment.

Skills

Fiber Optic modules

High-speed transceivers

Test equipment

Vendor management

NPI collaboration

System architecture

Interoperability testing

Ethernet switching hardware

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Celestica Engineering is seeking an Optical System Engineer to design and build market leading fiber optic switching networks. The role leads feature specifications and architecture for high-speed transceivers, collaborating with hardware and software R&D to deliver reliable datacenter connectivity.

Candidates should have 10+ years in fiber optics hardware, strong problem solving, and excellent communication; the position offers remote work from the U.S.