Staff Optical Engineer - Molex

Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry. We provide the highest performing and field-proven wavelength management solutions from components, modules to integrated line-cards. Continuous innovation in passive component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation, cutting edge WSS and amplification technology and comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software design capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing.

Molex is looking for a Staff Optical Engineer to lead development activities for a cutting edge optical transmission system. This technical person will be a part of our staff and will work in a multi-discipline R&D team, interact with sales, marketing, and product line managers. We are open on location for this role if you are willing to travel as needed.

What You Will Do

• Develop and conduct simulations of physical transport layer of various fiber-optic communication network to support customers and internal development projects for best use of Molex cutting edge optical network components and modules, such as high speed Optical Transceivers, DWDM/WDM Filters, Optical Amplifiers, Raman Amplifiers, Dynamic Gain Equalizer (DGE), Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS), etc.
• Study various aspects of both existing and potential future optical components including fibers to select right technique(s) suitable for modeling nonlinear propagation of optical signals with advanced modulation formats, evaluating signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), optical SNR (OSNR), bit-error rate (BER), Q-factor, OSNR penalty and Q-penalty of the transmission system, and giving mitigation and components improvement recommendation on optical impairments (including filtering, chromatic dispersion, PMD, PDL, crosstalk, nonlinearities, etc.).
• Develop and maintain optical transmission system testing bed in full characterization of optical components and modules as well as system performance measurement for optimization direction
• Developing system design rules, link-level optical line system control algorithm and other innovative ideas for communication systems improvements
• Direct optical component/module further technology development.
• Participate in development projects as system engineer from concept, development and full NPI
• Supporting technical discussion with customers for best use of Molex solutions and products, and their deployment

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• MS in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or similar technical field
• At least 5 years of experience combined from academia and industry in the area of simulating and modeling of system and component for optical communications
• Experience with building blocks of fiber-optic transmission systems: Optical Transceivers (direct and coherent), DWDM/WDM Filters, Optical Amplifiers, Raman Amplifiers, Dynamic Gain Equalizer (DGE), Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS), etc.
• Experience with optical transmission system, nonlinear optics and related mathematics, and communications theory.
• Experience in creating simulation models for communication systems and using the models to analyze and optimize the system (e.g., signal propagation, system level modeling, amplifier and component modeling, etc.)
• Strong analytical skills and extensive experience with programing languages used in computer modeling of communication systems (e.g. Matlab, C++, Python), competent to find creative solutions when approaching problems and challenges

What Will Put You Ahead

• Ph.D.
• 7 years of experience in academia and industry in the area of simulating and modeling system and component for optical communications

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000-$200,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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