Senior Optical Systems Engineer, Fiber & Networking

Molex; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Molex in Fremont seeks an experienced Electro-Optical System Engineer to design and develop innovative optical network monitoring products. You will collaborate with sales, product line managers, electrical, mechanical, and optical R&D teams across geographic sites to deliver high‑density, high‑bandwidth solutions.

The role requires a Master’s degree in physics, optics, or electrical engineering with optical focus and at least 6 years of electro‑optical system design experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in physics, applied physics, optics or optical engineering, or electrical engineering with optical focus.
• Minimum 6 years of electro-optical or fiber optical system design and development experience.
• Expertise in electro‑optical system design and engineering.
• Hands-on experience with laser diodes/DFB/LEDs/SLEDs/VCSELs; PIN/APD detectors; coherent/weak and fast optical signal detections.

Responsibilities

• Propose new optical design concepts and evaluate platforms for next-gen optical products.
• Design fiber optical products and manage product extensions, including optical frequency/time domain reflectors and channel monitors.
• Collaborate with chief engineers to design new products, build optical models, and perform tolerance analysis.
• Work with hardware and software teams on system-level analysis, modeling, and simulation.

Skills

Electro-optical system design

Fiber optical system design

Optics & optical engineering

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in physics, applied physics, optics and optical engineering, electrical engineering with optical orientations

Tools

Zemax

CODE‑V

MATLAB

Job description

Molex in Fremont seeks an experienced Electro-Optical System Engineer to design and develop innovative optical network monitoring products. You will collaborate with sales, product line managers, electrical, mechanical, and optical R&D teams across geographic sites to deliver high‑density, high‑bandwidth solutions.

The role requires a Master’s degree in physics, optics, or electrical engineering with optical focus and at least 6 years of electro‑optical system design experience.