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# TELECOMMUTE Principal Engineer, Hardware Design - Optics

- **Company:** Celestica International Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Engineering, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Ethernet, Hardware Platform Interface, Networking Hardware, Signal Integrity, Systems Architecture, Network Switches
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/7850bcb4-85d6-4ce9-aaff-4695f9d7e788

## About the Role

* 10+ years' experience in fiber optic communication and Hardware product development.
 * Highly self-motivated with a strong multidisciplinary background
 * Demonstrated strong problem solving and analytical skills, ability to work independently or in a team.
 * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
 * Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly

Typical Education

 * Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering - Master's degree preferred
 * Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

## Description

Celestica Engineering is seeking a highly motivated and self-driven candidate qualified for the position of Optical System Engineer to help design and build market leading Fiber Optic Communication Switching Network.
The Optical Engineer will be a member of the Engineering team in larger Hardware Platform Development team. The candidate will be a Technical team leader, providing the detailed feature/functional specifications/system architecture, design and qualification for complex fiber Optics transceiver module and system, primarily 10 Gbit/s - 100 Gbit/s. This position requires an individual who will collaborate within R&D Engineering hardware and software teams on all matters related to datacenter and campus-wide network switch connectivity using Fiber Optics Components and other technologies.

Skills & Responsibilities:

 * Experience and familiarity with vendor base for Optical Products is desired.
 * Strong skills in developing Fiber Optic modules such as SFP+/XFP/CFP/QSFP.
 * Perform optical and electrical characterization and qualification of high-speed pluggable optical transceivers and copper cables.
 * Work closely with Engineering teams in new product introduction (NPI) process
 * Develop, automate, and document new test procedures for the qualification of new pluggable optical transceivers or cables.
 * Work closely with signal integrity and electrical hardware teams to debug, test and bring-up the Ethernet switching hardware which supports optical transceivers and cables.
 * Provide engineering expertise and onsite support for interoperability demonstrations.
 * Support internal product dev., qualification, and testing efforts.
 * Support external optics certification and interoperability with 3rd party networking equipment.
 * Help formulate vendor selection, management, and procurement strategy.
 * Familiarity with high-speed pluggable transceiver form-factors and MSAs.
 * Detailed experience with high-speed electrical and optical test equipment.


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