System Architect

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It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!  
* We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
** If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
* Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region’s Top Employers
* for the 6th consecutive year
* and the 2022 Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates
* for the 5th consecutive year*.
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* Position Title:

** System Architect
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* Employment Type:

** Full-time
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* Location:

** Ottawa, Onsite
** About Lumentum
** Welcome to Lumentum! We’re all about harnessing cutting-edge tech to create a brighter, more connected future. We are the leaders in optical and photonic products, working at the intersection of innovation and impact. Here’s what we’re up to:
** Cloud & Networking
*** Powering high-speed data transmission for cloud data centers, AI/ML, enterprise systems, and communication services. Think streaming, gaming, and next-gen tech—we make it happen.
** Industrial Tech
*** Innovating with state-of-the-art lasers used in industries like EVs, solar power, display technology, and semiconductors. We’re enabling the future of green tech and advanced manufacturing.

At Lumentum, we’re committed to collaboration, inclusivity, and empowering our team to shine. Together, we’re shaping the tech of tomorrow while supporting a culture where everyone thrives.
** Why You’ll Love This Role
** You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of Lumentum’s Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) products core to enabling the next generation of AI/ML data centers. As a System Architect, you’ll have broad technical influence across hardware, software, and FPGA teams, driving end-to-end product design from concept to production. You’ll collaborate with world-class engineers, engage directly with customers, and help define the architectures that power tomorrow’s high-performance networks.

This is a unique opportunity to lead complex, multidisciplinary innovation while growing your impact on a global technology stage.
** What You’ll Be Doing
** The Lumentum OCS System Design & Architecture development team is looking for a new System Architect to grow our team.  The team is responsible for development of Lumentum’s OCS product line, addressing the emerging market in AI/ML datacenter applications.
* The System Design & Architecture team provides technical leadership for a multi-disciplinary product development team and are the overall product design owners throughout its lifecycle.  This is critical role that involves elements of system engineering, technical risk identification and mitigation and actively leading a broad multi-disciplinary team.  This role will have a focus on SW architecture and requirements definition, while participating actively in other aspects of the product development.  

You will work closely with functional design teams (HW, SW, FPGA), Verification, Reliability, Project Management, PLM, Operations, and other members of the System Design & Architecture team to successfully develop new products and bring them to production.  The role allows a wide exposure to Lumentum’s internal technology and sub-components and the opportunity to interact with people throughout the company.
* There is a strong customer facing aspect to the role as you will be the primary interface for technical discussions on requirements, specifications and technical program status.
* In addition to product definition and design leadership, responsibilities include:
* Driving system integration and initial validation testing on new designs
* Design and test report reviews
* Coordinate failure analysis activities throughout the product lifecycle – development, design verification, manufacturing, qualification
* Lifecycle support as the product line matures – managing EOL components, cost reductions, field failures
* This is a senior position which requires strong accountability, leadership ability and significant technical…