Optical System Senior Manager
Job in
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 95199, USA
Listed on 2026-02-16
Listing for:
Lumentum
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
We are seeking a senior technical leader to define and drive the system architecture for next-generation optical pluggable modules and advanced photonic packaging solutions supporting 1.6T and beyond. This role spans both IMDD and coherent technologies, enabling the next wave of AI networking and hyperscale data center interconnects.
Key Responsibilities- Define and own the end-to-end system architecture for advanced optical modules, ensuring scalability, performance, and manufacturability across IMDD and coherent platforms.
- Lead cross-functional technical execution across link modeling, RF and optical design, electronics design, process development, reliability, and performance optimization.
- Partner closely with DSP, PIC, and EIC vendors—as well as customer architecture teams to define system requirements, align technology roadmaps, and ensure seamless multi-component integration.
- Drive technical trade-off discussions and system-level design decisions that balance performance, cost, power, and manufacturability.
- Provide deep technical leadership across modeling, simulation, hardware bring-up, and validation to ensure best-in-class system performance.
- 8+ yrs of experience with a MS/Ph.D. Engineering, Optics, or related field
- Strong, hands-on expertise in direct-detect and coherent optical communication systems, including link budgets, system margin analysis, and network-level performance considerations.
- Demonstrated leadership in directing cross-functional engineering teams, setting technical strategy, driving execution, and delivering complex programs on schedule.
- Deep understanding of high-speed optical module components, including DSPs, drivers, TIAs, lasers, MZMs, EMLs, and photodetectors.
- Exceptional system-level analytical skills, with the ability to model and quantify the impacts of impairments such as noise, crosstalk, nonlinearity, reflections, and chromatic dispersion.
- Experience with high-speed hardware development, including RF modeling, signal integrity, design trade-offs, and process-technology constraints.
- Proficiency with key engineering tools, including:
- MATLAB, Python – data analysis, algorithm development, system and link simulations
- ADS, HFSS – RF and electromagnetic modeling
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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