Principal Engineer, Optical Products

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Science City Mobile Home Park, City of Midland, MI
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3D Printing • Marketing Tech • Design
The Role

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and oversee the end-to-end design verification and characterization process for optical transceivers.
  • Define and develop test strategies, validation plans, and qualification procedures.
  • Hands-on execution of optical and electrical characterization to evaluate transceiver performance.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure comprehensive validation coverage.
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers, assigning tasks and reviewing their results to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
  • Review and analyze test results, troubleshoot performance issues, and provide design feedback
  • Work with the NPI team to transfer new products to production.
  • Provide application support to customers.
  • Occasional traveling may be required.

Key Requirements:            

  • Master’s degree or above in Electronic Engineering or Applied Physics or equivalent discipline
  • At least 8 year of test experience in RF Measurement, Test Strategies and Validation Plans etc
  • Extensive experience in the optical transceiver industry and a strong understanding of industry standards.
  • Proven hands-on experience in optical and electrical characterization of high-speed transceivers.
  • Expertise in using network analyzers, oscilloscopes, BERT, optical spectrum analyzers, and other lab equipment.
  • Experience with high-speed optical transceiver modules (e.g., 100G, 400G, 800G, or beyond).
  • Strong knowledge of compliance testing (e.g., IEEE, OIF, MSA) and related measurement techniques.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, with experience mentoring or managing junior engineers.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally in an R&D and testing environment
  • Strong independent problem-solving skills.
  • Good command of both English and Chinese.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
3,219 Employees

What We Do

Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and laser applications worldwide. Lumentum optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D sensing capabilities. Lumentum is headquartered in San Jose, California with R&D, manufacturing, and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.lumentum.com.

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