Photonics Systems Engineer

We’re looking for an outstanding Photonics Systems Engineer, with experience in optical / electronic systems development and a deep understanding of optical fibre communication systems and devices, to join our team and help develop the next generation of all-optical switch products for advanced optical networks.

About the Role

Polatis all-optical switches enable dynamic connectivity directly at the fibre layer, with outstanding reliability and the industry's lowest optical loss. Our products allow the efficient management of ever-increasing data volumes and are a key building block in the evolution towards software defined networks.

In this exciting new role, you’ll be working within a multi-disciplinary engineering team to develop the next generation of all-optical switch products, building on our award-winning DirectLight technology.   Your role will span the whole product lifecycle from requirements capture through design definition, development, qualification and deployment.  Your responsibilities will include:

• Capture and refinement of requirements for new product developments
• Derivation of performance and test specifications for subsystem elements
• Optical design, analysis and test of new components and end-to-end system
• Project management of selected new product developments

About You

To be successful, you’ll need to have a degree / PhD in electronics, optoelectronics, systems engineering or a related discipline, plus a minimum of five years’ experience in optical / electronic systems development gained in the telecom equipment or aerospace industries.  As well as a deep understanding of optical fibre communication systems and devices you’ll also have a broad appreciation of systems engineering across the whole product lifecycle and be familiar with design for reliability, manufacturability and cost. 

With a passion for ensuring product quality as well as on-time delivery, you’ll have excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate ideas and plans clearly to peers and customers alike.   You’ll also need to be comfortable working as part of a cross-functional team in an agile environment and be self-motivated, organised and flexible. 

About Polatis

We offer a friendly and informal work environment in a prime location on the Cambridge Science Park, a competitive salary and annual bonus scheme, plus a range of benefits including private health care, non-contributory pension scheme, health shield cash back plan, and cycle to work scheme.

Join a World Class Team

HUBER+SUHNER Polatis is the world’s leading manufacturer of high performance all-optical cross-connect solutions for software-defined network provisioning, protection, monitoring, reconfiguration and test.  Our dependable, field-proven DirectLight™ SDN-enabled optical circuit switch technology delivers outstanding performance and reliability to provide dynamic fibre layer connectivity for mission-critical applications in telecommunications, data centre, government, test and video networks.  For more information, please visit www.polatis.com.

To apply, email your CV and covering letter to HR@Polatis.com - please include the Job Title and Job Code in the subject of your email.

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