Senior Fiber Architect & Lead Engineer (Hybrid)

APS (Arizona Public Service); Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Arizona Public Service is seeking a Senior Fiber Engineer to lead the planning, design, and lifecycle support of enterprise fiber infrastructure. You will oversee route development, capacity planning, resiliency, and ensure operational readiness across inside and outside plant fiber systems.

You will coordinate with internal stakeholders, utilities, carriers, contractors, and project teams while developing engineering standards and reviewing packages, drawings, and bill of materials.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of single-mode and multimode fiber, backbone and lateral architecture, conduit and pathway design, splice planning, enclosure and termination design, optical budgets, route diversity, network resiliency, and fiber capacity management.
• Experience preparing and reviewing fiber engineering packages, route maps, construction drawings, bills of material, cost estimates, scopes of work, splice diagrams, test requirements, as-built records, and turnover documentation.
• Working knowledge of OTDR, optical power meter, loss testing, fiber characterization, GIS or mapping tools, CAD-based design records, permitting processes, utility coordination, rights-of-way, easements, and contractor construction practices.

Responsibilities

• Performs the most complex fiber engineering assignments and serves as a senior technical resource for enterprise fiber infrastructure.
• Leads fiber route planning, architecture, detailed design, capacity analysis, resiliency planning, implementation, and lifecycle support.
• Develops and reviews engineering packages, drawings, route maps, splice plans, bills of material, scopes, specifications, cost estimates, and construction requirements.
• Leads technical reviews and validates design quality, constructability, standards compliance, route diversity, available capacity, and operational readiness.
• Coordinates fiber projects with internal stakeholders, utilities, carriers, contractors, permitting agencies, project managers, and field personnel.
• Provides engineering support during construction, resolves field conflicts, reviews changes, verifies testing and acceptance results, and ensures accurate as-built and asset records.
• Applies advanced fiber engineering knowledge to improve safety, reliability, resiliency, capacity, maintainability, cycle time, cost effectiveness, and design consistency.
• Evaluates emerging fiber technologies, construction methods, materials, monitoring capabilities, and design tools and recommends appropriate adoption.
• Develops and maintains fiber engineering standards, specifications, procedures, templates, and quality-control practices.
• Provides technical guidance, peer review, coaching, and training to engineers, designers, technicians, project teams, and contractors.
• Leads major or complex fiber projects across the enterprise, including work planning, risk identification, stakeholder coordination, technical decision-making, delegation, and review of engineering deliverables.

Skills

Fiber engineering

Route planning

Project coordination

Documentation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

OTDR

Optical power meter

GIS

CAD

Job description

Arizona Public Service is seeking a Senior Fiber Engineer to lead the planning, design, and lifecycle support of enterprise fiber infrastructure. You will oversee route development, capacity planning, resiliency, and ensure operational readiness across inside and outside plant fiber systems.

You will coordinate with internal stakeholders, utilities, carriers, contractors, and project teams while developing engineering standards and reviewing packages, drawings, and bill of materials.