Optical System Senior Manager

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• 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 vendorsas well as customer architecture teamsto 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.
• Skills & Experience

• 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
  • VPI optical link simulation

Pay Range:

Disclaimer:

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. With our continual goal of making Lumentum a best place to work for our employees we strive to offer employees competitive total compensation packages which may include annual bonus commission for certain sales roles equity and health and welfare benefits.