Optical Engineer — AI Data Center Scale

Maven Ventures; Southaven (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceXAI in Mississippi is seeking an Optical Engineer to own the physical optical layer of AI training and inference fabrics. You will design fiber layout, link budgets, and production-ready optics for a scalable manufacturing line, working across mechanical, electrical, and software teams.

You will lead commissioning, testing, and deployment of high-density optical interconnects, with emphasis on 800G/1.6T goals and reliable field performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Optical physics or related field.
• 2+ years in fiber layout, optical design, or datacenter HPC optics.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end optical and fiber design for AI training and inference fabrics; manage fiber cabling and connector strategy.
• Write and verify link budgets for scale-out/interconnect; assess loss, reflections, FEC, margins.
• Develop factory tests for optical interconnects including IL, RL, polarization.
• Select optics, fiber, and connectivity; own vendor bring-up and fleet reliability of optical layer.
• Deploy end-to-end optical interconnect into manufacturing line and verify performance.
• Lead commissioning and debug with OTDR, power meter, BER/FEC metrics; address busy fault modes.
• Evolve connectivity toward 800G/1.6T, and align with rack-scale density goals.
• Collaborate with mechanical/network teams to design structured cabling and raceways for hall-scale deployment.

Skills

Fiber layout

Optical link design

Datacenter HPC optical engineering

In-band testing

MPO polarity knowledge

High-density optics design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or Physics

Tools

MPO-12/16

OSFP

InfiniBand / RoCE

AOC/DAC

Transceivers (100G+)

BER/FEC analysis

Job description

SpaceXAI in Mississippi is seeking an Optical Engineer to own the physical optical layer of AI training and inference fabrics. You will design fiber layout, link budgets, and production-ready optics for a scalable manufacturing line, working across mechanical, electrical, and software teams.

You will lead commissioning, testing, and deployment of high-density optical interconnects, with emphasis on 800G/1.6T goals and reliable field performance.