Principal Systems Engineer - Optical Transceivers
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Full-Time
Design Services
Compensation: DOE
- 12+ years of experience in optical communications, networking systems, optical transceiver development, or a related field
- Proven experience developing high-speed optical modules and transceiver systems
- Provide technical leadership and system-level direction for next-generation optical transceiver development supporting hyperscale data centers and AI networking
- Lead system architecture definition, requirements development, design reviews, technical tradeoffs, and system-level decision making
- Strong knowledge of optical communication systems and high-speed networking technologies
- Experience with silicon photonics and optical component integration
- Strong understanding of high-speed SerDes architectures and interfaces
- Experience with DSP-based communication systems
- Knowledge of Forward Error Correction (FEC), coding techniques, BER performance, and high-speed link optimization
- Perform system-level analysis including optical link budgets, signal-to-noise ratio, BER/FEC performance, power consumption, and reliability margins
- Experience with high-speed interfaces at 200G-per-lane and beyond
- Collaborate across optics, DSP, ASIC, firmware, mechanical, packaging, validation, manufacturing, and operations teams
- Lead complex technical problem solving and root-cause analysis across multidisciplinary engineering teams
- Support system validation, interoperability, qualification, and product development activities
- Participate in customer technical discussions and translate customer requirements into system-level specifications and architectures
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across engineering disciplines
- Strong understanding of optical networking standards, specifications, and interoperability requirements
- Ability to influence technical roadmaps and evaluate emerging optical and data center networking technologies
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
• 1.6T PAM4 optical module development
• Co-Packaged Optics (CPO)
• Linear Receive Optics (LRO)
• Linear Pluggable Optics (LPO)
• Silicon photonics integration
• Advanced optical/electronic packaging
• Hyperscale data center and AI networking environments
• Python or similar engineering analysis/automation tools
EDUCATION
• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline required
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related field preferred
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