Senior Principal Opto-Electronics Transceiver Architect

Molex; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex, a leader in optical interconnects, seeks a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer - Opto-Electronics (Transceivers) for its Fremont, California team. You will drive high‑speed transceiver hardware development, lead component selection and implementation strategy, and collaborate with optical, SI/PI designers to ensure production readiness.

You will set the design architecture, mentor engineers, manage key suppliers, address customer inquiries, and escalate risks to keep programs on track

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering.
• Hardware development experience in Telecom or Datacom.
• Experience with fiber optics, transceiver or transport hardware development.
• Strong 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

Skills

Fiber optics

Transceiver hardware

Transmission lines

Power integrity

Signal integrity

Hardware development experience in Tel

Education

Master's in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Molex, a leader in optical interconnects, seeks a Senior Principal Hardware Engineer - Opto-Electronics (Transceivers) for its Fremont, California team. You will drive high‑speed transceiver hardware development, lead component selection and implementation strategy, and collaborate with optical, SI/PI designers to ensure production readiness.

You will set the design architecture, mentor engineers, manage key suppliers, address customer inquiries, and escalate risks to keep programs on track