Principal Engineer – Fiber Optic Transceivers

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🕒 June 13

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $161.3k - $185.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

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L-com Global Connectivity

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1982

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

💰 Private Equity Round on 2006-03

Healthcare • Logistics • Construction

L-com Global Connectivity is a leading provider of wired, wireless, and industrial connectivity products. They specialize in custom cable assemblies and offer a wide range of connectivity solutions including adapters, antennas, and enclosures. With a commitment to fast delivery and high-quality products, L-com serves various industries including telecommunications, industrial automation, and healthcare.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction for next-generation pluggable optics and adjacent products, driving innovation and differentiation across the product roadmap in collaboration with Product Line Management (PLM). • Serve as a technical authority and customer-facing expert on customer calls and site visits., supporting strategic customer engagements and complex technical escalations. • Own the development and qualification on new and emerging technologies including Digital Coherent Optics (DCO) and next generation technology. • Lead validation, interoperability, and qualification efforts for transceivers across multiple platforms and network environments. • Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of complex transceiver issues, working directly with customers and manufacturers to resolve them. • Provide technical guidance on transceiver coding, configuration, and product data management, ensuring consistency, traceability, and scalability across the portfolio. • Develop a strong relationship with sales team to increase support for key customers. • Advise on laboratory strategy, tooling, and infrastructure, ensuring lab capabilities support current and future optic development and testing needs. • Create and maintain testing and technical requirements documents for customers and vendors. • Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends in transceivers, influencing internal strategy and external partnerships.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. • 10+ years of experience in optical networking and transceiver technologies, with demonstrated impact in product development or systems engineering roles. • Extensive hands-on experience with coherent optical communication systems, including functional knowledge of modulation formats, FEC, baud-rate scaling, and coherent DSP architecture. • Proven experience developing, testing, and validating pluggable optics, including 100G DCO, 400G ZR/ZR+, 800G, and pre-standard or early-deployment 1.6T transceivers. • Deep familiarity with coherent pluggable form factors, including QSFP28 DCO, QSFP-DD DCO, OSFP DCO, and CFP2-DCO. • Experience integrating and troubleshooting DCO optics on carrier-class and data-center platforms, including Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Nokia, Ciena, NVIDIA, Dell, or equivalent. • Strong knowledge of industry standards and MSAs, such as OIF 400ZR and OpenZR+, and experience applying them to transceiver development. • Expertise with fiber-optic and electronic test equipment for validation, characterization, and failure analysis. • Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers in technical, solution-oriented, or escalation-driven engagements. • Ability to interpret and produce complex technical documentation, including schematics, datasheets, and engineering work instructions. • Experience with platform configuration, interoperability testing, and advanced troubleshooting across IP and optical domains.