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Optical Test Engineer - Optical Solutions

Molex
life insurance, parental leave
United States, California, Fremont
May 16, 2025
Molex possesses a rich heritage in the optical industry. We provide the highest performing and field-proven optical transmission solutions from components, modules to subsystems. Our team is dedicated to continuous innovation in optical component function integration, miniaturization, and manufacturing automation. We provide cutting edge technology with a comprehensive optical, mechanical, electrical and software integration capabilities enable us to serve the needs of high-density, high-bandwidth, and flexible optical networks of telecom, datacom, hyperscale datacenter and supercomputing. Molex is seeking an Optical Test Engineer to join one of the leading optical component and module R&D teams in the world. In this role, you will contribute to characterizing, defining and testing optical system features of high-speed optical transceivers in a diverse set of test platforms. As the Optical Test Engineer, you will work within a multi-disciplinary R&D team that designs Molex's current and next generation optical transceiver modules (400Gb/s - 1.6Tb/s) for coherent and direct-detect (PAM4) applications. This position requires background in optical engineering, optical transceiver test, and an intimate knowledge of optical and RF test instrumentation. A strong ability to take a system level question and transform it into a test station, test automation code, data, and clear communication of the outcome to the team is critical. What You Will Do Characterize system level performance of coherent/IMDD optical transceivers Specify and build the required test stations Develop test automation and data analysis code Quantify measurement errors in test systems Perform analysis and generate test reports to provide feedback to the engineering team Document test plans and procedures Cross functional work to debug design and test issues Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) MS in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field with focus in optical system and/or device design and characterization At least 5 years relevant professional experience Prior test experience with optical transceivers and/or optical transmission systems Experience with fiber optics and optical communications Experience in high-speed optical transmission testing, including fiber links, and state of the art test equipment (high-speed sampling and real-time scope, OSA, network tester, BERT, network analyzer, etc) Experience with lab automation and programming languages for data collection and analysis, such as Python, and Matlab (or other equivalent languages Experience with RF characterization of optoelectronic devices (S-parameter, TDR, etc) Understanding of optical communication systems, advanced modulation formats, equalization, and industry standard Experience and knowledge of high-speed optical transmission systems, including linear and nonlinear impairments For this role, we anticipate paying $125,000 - $175,000 per year. 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