Senior Staff Engineer, Hardware Design

General Overview

Functional Area:  Engineering        
Career Stream:    Design Engineering Hardware    
SAP Short Name:  SSE-ENG-DHW
Job Level:  Level 11
IC/MGR: Individual Contributor        
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect    

Summary

The Senior Staff Engineer, Hardware Design works with cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations. Provide support throughout the manufacturing process of the electrical/mechanical system that they have designed.
The Senior Staff Engineer, Hardware Design (Electrical) develops new electrical systems/circuits for various applications.  Research system ideas and draw up plans for these systems, and capture them in schematics and system specifications. Test, simulate, validate and qualify their systems and make adjustments as needed 
The Senior Staff Engineer, Hardware Design (Mechanical) develops new mechanical systems/modules and maintains existing designs. Research mechanical concepts and create system solutions using 3D modeling and simulation software. Complete calculations and test, validate, and qualify their systems and make adjustments as needed.

Detailed Description

Job Title: Senior Optical Design engineer

1. Work on system design for optical related products in switch platforms.
2. Communicate with Customer, collect requirement and make product Spec.
3. Key Optical component selection and link budget calculation.
4. Define validation and testing of optical components in design stage.
5. Work with factory and define key optical manufacturing tests and criteria.
6. Support bring up and debug activities related to the optical component including electrical, optical, and firmware issues.
7. Work closely with both development team and manufacture teams.

Requirements
1. Bachelor or Master in Science/Engineering (Optical, Physics, Laser, etc.) or experience in closely related technologies.
2. More than five years of experience in optical design, validation and testing; Prefer candidates with experience with network switches and testing network switches
3. Knowledge and experience with coherent optics and line systems preferred
4. Knowledge of key optical components including laser sources, DSPs, CDRs, TIAs, EDFA, ROADM,MUX/DEMUX etc.
5. Experience designing and building optical test stations and experience with DCAs, CDRs, OSAs, optical switches, VOAs, MUX/DEMUX, power meters, etc.
7. Experience in electrical and optical hardware debugging. Knowledge of potential failure modes for optical components.
8. Experience both in manufacturing and NPI design
9. Good communication skills in English

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Refer to technical skills below

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. 
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 11 to 14 years

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.