Inside Plant Fiber Optic Engineer – High-Tech Connectivity, Data Centers

🔥 16 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $90k - $120k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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AECOM

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1990

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm that partners with clients to deliver innovative solutions to the most complex challenges while creating legacies for generations to come. Focused on equity, diversity, and inclusion, AECOM leverages technical expertise and digital innovation to drive transformative outcomes in infrastructure development, sustainability, and social systems. The company provides a wide range of services, including architecture & design, construction management, engineering, and environmental services across various markets such as transportation, energy, healthcare, and national governments. With a strong emphasis on sustainability, technical excellence, and community impact, AECOM is committed to building a better world.

📋 Description

• Support planning, design, coordination, and delivery of fiber optic pathway and passive connectivity infrastructure • Design and coordinate inside plant pathways, fiber optic cabling, telecommunications spaces, racks and cabinets, fiber distribution and termination systems, and OSP-to-ISP transitions • Support projects for hyperscale and cloud infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and semiconductor facilities, research and technology campuses, telecommunications facilities, mission-critical environments, and other technology-intensive programs • Plan and design the physical connectivity path from outside plant facility entry points through telecommunications and distribution spaces to passive interfaces with network and technology equipment • Support installation, testing, documentation, and maintenance of fiber infrastructure • Develop solutions addressing pathway capacity, physical route diversity, resiliency, constructability, maintainability, scalability, and future expansion • Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and design teams • Coordinate telecommunications infrastructure with other engineering and building disciplines • Support projects throughout planning, detailed design, construction, testing, acceptance, and closeout • Work with geographically distributed project teams on multi-site or program-level delivery

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 4 years' experience in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related technical discipline, or demonstrated equivalent professional experience in telecommunications and fiber optic infrastructure design • Experience designing, coordinating, or supporting ISP telecommunications, structured cabling, fiber optic, mission-critical, high-tech, or comparable technology infrastructure • Working knowledge of fiber optic cabling, pathways, termination and distribution systems, telecommunications spaces, racks, cabinets, and passive connectivity infrastructure • Understanding of physical pathway and cable-routing requirements • Ability to read, develop, and review engineering drawings, specifications, diagrams, schedules, and technical design documentation • Experience coordinating telecommunications infrastructure with other engineering and building disciplines • Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary engineering and design teams • Strong technical communication, documentation, coordination, and problem-solving skills • Proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D • BICSI Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) certification preferred • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred • Experience with high-tech, hyperscale/cloud, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, telecommunications, research, mission-critical, or similarly complex facilities and campuses • Experience with large-scale or high-density fiber optic infrastructure • Strong understanding of ISP pathway and passive fiber optic connectivity design • Experience coordinating OSP-to-ISP infrastructure and building entrance systems • Experience with entrance rooms, meet-me rooms, telecommunications rooms, distribution spaces, network rooms, and other technology spaces • Knowledge of fiber optic cable types, strand counts, connector systems, patching, termination, splicing, cable management, and associated passive infrastructure • Understanding of physical fiber route diversity, redundancy, resiliency, capacity planning, and shared-fate risk • Experience developing fiber routing plans, riser diagrams, connectivity diagrams, cable schedules, splice documentation, termination schedules, and rack/panel layouts • Knowledge of applicable TIA, BICSI, NEC, NFPA, and other telecommunications design standards and practices • Experience working with client-specific engineering standards, specifications, details, and design criteria • Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM coordination, Bluebeam, or similar engineering design and review platforms • Experience supporting projects through planning, detailed design, construction, testing, acceptance, and closeout • Experience working with geographically distributed project teams and supporting multi-site or program-level delivery • Eligible to work in the United States • Permanent residency sponsorship is available for current H-1B visa holders in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, and disability benefits • Paid time off • Leaves of absence • Voluntary benefits and perks • Flexible work options • Well-being resources • Employee assistance program • Business travel insurance • Service recognition awards • Retirement savings plan • Employee stock purchase plan • Award-winning training and development programs • In-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location

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