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Horseheads, NY
Position Summary:
A development engineer is integral to the design and reliability of new products for Avanex's Advanced Modules and Subsystems Business Unit. A qualified candidate must have background in optics and/or physics with capability to design test systems for our new products.
Responsibilities:
- Experienced technologist to work with designers, marketing, customers, and project leaders to implement the design, development, and testing of new products.
Role may include any or all design aspects - optical, mechanical, electrical designs, and design of manufacturing & test processes.
- Performs tests and trouble-shooting of prototypes and test equipment. Implements modifications, fabrication, and assembly of prototypes as required.
- Analyzing and responding to customer and marketing requirements. Converting customer/marketing requirements into detailed engineering specifications and robust,
cost effective designs that will meet those specifications.
- Reliability for products: Define test plans to meet industry standard and customer-specific requirements. Set up and run reliability tests and analyze results.
Conduct failure analysis, identify root cause, determine and implement corrective actions to resolve reliability issues.
- Transfer completed designs to mass production at contract manufacturer. Production support during production startup as required.
- Writing and editing test reports, test specifications, and assembly specifications.
Qualifications:
- Education: BS Engineering or equivalent experience is required. Formal education in optics or physics is desired.
- Professional Experience: 5+ years in optical telecommunications is required.
- Familiarity with test requirements and methodologies is required, and hands-on experience with reliability test equipment is desired,
as is early-stage design project experience. Direct experience with chromatic dispersion compensation, fiber bragg gratings, etalons, and other advanced dispersion management technologies is desired.
- Supervision: Responsible for determining methods and procedures for new assignments (normally receives little day to day instruction).
- Knowledge: Uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
- " Job Complexity: Works on assignments that are semi-routine to moderately difficult, recognizing the need for deviation from accepted practice, and has the ability to use judgment in resolving
issues or in making recommendations
- Experience working in global project team is required, experience working with Asian cultures (as customer, supplier, and/or colleagues)is preferred.
- Willingness to travel globally
AVANEX (NASDAQ: AVNX) offers competitive compensation and a benefits package that includes stock options, ESPP, 3 weeks PTO, 401(k) with match, medical, dental, vision care and Flexible Benefits Account.
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