Principal Optical Hardware Architect

ADTRAN, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ADTRAN, Inc. is seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer to provide technical leadership in developing next-generation optical transport and coherent pluggable solutions.

You will own architecture, design, validation and production support across optical, electrical, firmware, FPGA, software, mechanical and manufacturing teams. The role emphasizes system-level analysis, mentoring, and collaboration with suppliers to deliver high-performance networking products for metro, core and data center

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hardware engineering experience in telecommunications, networking, or optical communications.
• Proven experience designing high-speed electronic hardware and optical networking systems.
• Demonstrated success leading complex product developments from concept through production release.
• Experience with coherent optical transceivers, optical transport platforms, or DWDM networking products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the hardware architecture and design of coherent pluggable transceivers and optical transport subsystems.
• Drive technical decisions related to high-speed digital, RF, mixed-signal, and optical hardware design.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to engineers across multiple product development teams.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for complex engineering challenges and design reviews.
• Oversee hardware integration, verification, qualification, and release activities throughout the product lifecycle.

Skills

Coherent optical communications

Pluggable transceiver technologies

High-speed board design

Signal integrity

RF design techniques

S-parameters

Impedance matching

High-speed serial interfaces

Optical link budgets

Education

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

Master's degree preferred

Equivalent combination of education and experience considered

Tools

Xpedition

HFSS

ADS

HyperLynx

Job description

ADTRAN, Inc. is seeking a Principal Hardware Engineer to provide technical leadership in developing next-generation optical transport and coherent pluggable solutions.

You will own architecture, design, validation and production support across optical, electrical, firmware, FPGA, software, mechanical and manufacturing teams. The role emphasizes system-level analysis, mentoring, and collaboration with suppliers to deliver high-performance networking products for metro, core and data center