Principal Optical Transceiver Hardware Engineer

Flint Hills Resources; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer to drive high‑speed optical transceiver design in our Fremont office. You will lead architecture decisions, select components, and guide transformation from definition to production readiness for next‑generation telecom/datacom transceivers.

You will coordinate with optical, signal/ power integrity designers and manage supplier and customer interfaces to enable design wins and timely resolutions of technical challenges.

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering.
• Hardware development experience in Telcom or Datacom industry.
• Experience with Fiber optics, transceiver or transport hardware development.
• In‑depth understanding of transmission lines, power integrity, signal integrity.
• Significant impact to transceiver hardware.

Responsibilities

• Lead hardware design for high‑speed fiber optic transceiver from definition, design, and testing for production readiness.
• Perform as technical authority for design architecture and provide technical guidance for engineering initiatives
• Lead engineering team in making risk/trade off decision
• Anticipate and resolve problems timely and conduct routine design meeting
• Ensure the success of hardware development in compliance with product life cycle procedure
• Representing engineering team in product development requirements and customers RFI/RFQ response
• Manage the key suppliers to in line with project objectives
• Interface with key customers to address technical questions, issues and support design win.
• Escalate to management for critical risk management and conflict resolutions

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Molex is seeking a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer to drive high‑speed optical transceiver design in our Fremont office. You will lead architecture decisions, select components, and guide transformation from definition to production readiness for next‑generation telecom/datacom transceivers.

You will coordinate with optical, signal/ power integrity designers and manage supplier and customer interfaces to enable design wins and timely resolutions of technical challenges.