Senior Optical Test Transmission Engineer

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Position Overview

Optical Transmission System Test Engineer to define, plan, and execute test programs in support of the development and delivery of undersea optical transmission systems. The person will run transmission experiments over prototypes of long-haul fiber optic systems for validation and evaluation purposes. This work will also involve experimental programs to qualify designs and design processes for new systems and upgrades to installed fiber-optic systems. All aspects of optical communications will need to be covered in such work. Some travel will be required for field work. Key technologies driving the measurement programs are DWDM transmission, coherent detection transmission at rates above 100 Gb/s, optical amplifiers, nonlinear optical transmission in fibers, optical polarization effects, and OADM systems.

Responsibilities

Knowledge requied in optical transmission testing and optical component characterization, including optical gain and loss, OSNR, PMD, PDL, dispersion, nonlinear processes such as four-wave mixing, Raman gain, Brillouin scattering, BER, OSNR, eye diagrams, and related measurements.

Candidate must be able to develop and use computer-aided test processes, and be able to analyze the results of his/her measurements.

Candidate must be able to define test proposals and negotiate changes with the data customer, and write clear reports of the work done. Strong laboratory, analytic, and communication skills are preferred, and the candidate must be able to work both as a team leader or a contributing member of a team.

Qualifications

M. Sc. or Ph. D. in Physics or similar field preferred.

A Bachelor of Science (BS) degree combined with previous work experience will also be considered.

Strong communications and presentations skills required.

Knowledge in programming languages preferred.