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Lead Principal System Verification Engineer – Optical Networking
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16 October 2026 (Yesterday)
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13 January 2027
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Job Summary
Location: Ottawa ON
Employment Type: Full-Time PermanentWere partnered with a global technology leader in optical networking and communications infrastructure that is making a significant investment in expanding its engineering presence in Ottawa. As part of this growth our client is building a team of experienced engineers who will play a key role in developing and delivering the next generation of optical networking technologies.
Were looking for Lead and Principal System Verification Engineers who bring deep technical expertise in optical networking and are excited by the opportunity to help shape a growing engineering team. Beyond working on sophisticated DWDM optical transport systems youll have the opportunity to influence verification strategies establish engineering best practices and contribute to the technical direction of a team being built for long-term growth.
What Youll Be Doing
- Design and execute comprehensive system verification strategies for DWDM optical networking products covering functional performance and reliability testing.
- Develop automated test frameworks and scripts using Python supporting continuous integration and regression testing.
- Perform end-to-end verification of optical transmission systems including Layer 0 and Layer 1 performance signal integrity and network resilience.
- Validate optical provisioning alarms telemetry software upgrades and management interfaces using CLI gRPC and other network management protocols.
- Test optical performance parameters including BER Q-factor OSNR optical power and spectrum characteristics.
- Collaborate with software hardware and systems engineering teams to review requirements identify issues and improve product quality.
- Help establish verification methodologies test infrastructure and engineering best practices as the Ottawa team expands.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers contributing to the development of a strong local engineering team.
What Were Looking For
- 5 years of experience in system verification integration or validation within telecommunications or networking environments.
- Hands-on experience with DWDM optical networking systems optical transport equipment or related Layer 0 / Layer 1 technologies.
- Strong Python scripting skills and experience developing automated test solutions.
- Experience testing embedded Linux-based systems and network management interfaces.
- Familiarity with network protocols and management technologies such as TCP/IP Ethernet OTN NETCONF/YANG CLI or SNMP.
- Knowledge of optical networking components and technologies such as EDFA WSS OCM and OTDR.
- Experience with CI/CD and test automation tools such as Jenkins or GitLab.
- A degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
Additional Experience That Would Be Valuable
- Experience with high-speed optical transponders and 100G 400G or 800G optical modules.
- Hands-on laboratory experience using optical spectrum analyzers oscilloscopes and other optical test equipment.
- Experience establishing verification processes leading technical initiatives or mentoring engineers.
- Exposure to optical network protection switching failure recovery and performance benchmarking.
Why Consider This Opportunity
This is a chance to join an established global technology organization while helping build something new in Ottawa. Youll have the resources and technical challenges of a major industry player combined with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a growing local engineering team.
Were considering experienced engineers at both Lead and Principal levels with opportunities to take technical ownership influence engineering practices and grow alongside the organization.
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