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Hardware Electro-Optics Engineer

NokiaOttawa🇨🇦CanadaPosted 4 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Location
Ottawa, Canada
Posted
5 weeks ago
MATLABFPGAPerlPythonSimulink

Job Description

The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in electro-optical technologies, strong analytical capabilities, and extensive hands-on laboratory experience. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Optical Engineering, Firmware (FW), Hardware Systems, DSP, and Product Development teams to deliver industry-leading optical networking solutions.

  • Define, analyze, and validate electro-optical subsystem requirements and specifications for high-speed communication systems. 

  • Collaborate with Optical, Hardware Systems, DSP, FPGA, and Firmware teams to ensure optimal system-level performance. 

  • Perform electro-optical modeling, simulation, and performance analysis to evaluate design trade-offs and support architecture decisions. 

  • Develop and validate system-level link budgets, signal integrity analyses, and performance metrics for optical transmission systems. 

  • Support hardware design reviews and provide technical leadership in electro-optical design decisions. 

  • Lead integration activities for circuit pack assemblies and electro-optical subsystems. 

  • Develop comprehensive test methodologies and execute characterization, validation, and reliability testing. 

  • Analyze test results, identify root causes of performance issues, and drive corrective actions. 

  • Create detailed technical documentation, including specifications, test plans, procedures, and reports. 

  • Work closely with manufacturing and product engineering teams to support product qualification and production readiness. 

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

  • Significant industry experience in electro-optical hardware design, integration, and testing.

  • Strong understanding of opto-electronic devices and subsystems, including lasers, modulators, photodiodes, transceivers, and optical networking technologies.

  • Extensive hands-on laboratory experience testing and characterizing electro-optical components and systems.

  • Experience using MATLAB and Simulink for system modeling, performance analysis, and DSP algorithm evaluation.

  • Experience creating automated test solutions using scripting languages such as Python, MATLAB, Perl, or similar.

  • Demonstrated ability to develop detailed test plans, execute validation activities, and document results.

  • Excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and root-cause analysis skills.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical findings to multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with coherent optical communication systems and high-speed optical transport technologies.

  • Familiarity with FPGA-based platforms and digital hardware architectures.

  • Knowledge of high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuit design principles.

  • Experience with optical and electrical simulation tools.

  • Familiarity with telecom/networking standards and optical transmission protocols.

  • Experience working in product development environments from concept through production release.

  • MATLAB / Simulink

  • Python or other scripting languages

  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

  • Optical system simulation and modeling

  • Oscilloscopes, Bit Error Rate Testers (BERT), Optical Spectrum Analyzers (OSA), Network Analyzers, and related laboratory instrumentation

  • Automated test development and data analysis

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