Principal Optical System Architect

🕒 November 1, 2025

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $154.1k - $231.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🏛️ Architect

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

This company has sponsored H1B visas in the past.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

TE Connectivity

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

10,000+ employees

🚀 Aerospace

⚡ Energy

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-01

Aerospace • Energy • Automotive

TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With customers in over 140 countries across 20 industries, you can touch billions of lives and ignite a transformative spark through your work.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary technical liaison for TE’s customers, actively engaging with hyperscalers, OEMs, and system architects • Proactively identify and assess technology disruptors, translating emerging trends into strategic R&D initiatives and product development roadmaps • Cultivate and strengthen customer partnerships, fostering co-development opportunities and collaborative innovation • Drive thought leadership by educating and influencing internal and external stakeholders • Bridge the gap between customer needs and TE’s technology roadmap • Define high-level system architecture requirements • Drive TE’s technology vision and strategy • Lead the evaluation of high-speed electrical, optical, and hybrid interconnect solutions • Drive technical due diligence for potential partnerships, acquisitions, and ecosystem collaborations • Drive the design and system architecture of co-packaged optics (CPO) or near-packaged (NPO) solutions • Conduct end-to-end simulations and modeling to optimize signal integrity, power efficiency, and thermal performance • Evaluate emerging materials, photonic integration techniques, and semiconductor technologies to maintain competitive advantage • Represent TE in customer discussions and industry forums • Partner with ASIC, package, board, and photonics engineering teams • Drive the execution of high-impact, innovative technical projects

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics with 12+ years’ experience in the optical design • Technical expertise in high-speed optical engineering and design • Knowledge of compute, networking, AI / ML, and storage architectures • Experience in data center compute and/or networking industry system design and related technologies • Hands-on experience in the design and testing of optical transceivers and optical components • Silicon Photonics background is HIGHLY desired • Effectively able to build relationships with external customers and industry leaders as well as internally across all levels, disciplines, and geographies • Strategic minded with a proven ability to translate industry and technical trends into meaningful strategies for the business • Outstanding communication and presentation skills • A convincing communicator with compelling perspectives that drive engagement and excitement both up and down the organization, with an ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences • Demonstrates sound judgment in working through complex technical issues with an ability to communicate actions and impact clearly to stakeholders, including management, customers, and the technical community • Ability to spend 25%-50% of your time traveling domestically and internationally

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience • Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits