Optical System Senior Manager

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.

• 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 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: MATLAB, Python for data analysis, algorithm development, system and link simulations; ADS, HFSS for RF and electromagnetic modeling; VPI for optical link simulation.

Pay Range: P80-USA-1: $ - $

Final base salary for the successful candidate will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job location, where work will be performed, qualifications, work history and relevant experience.