Senior Lead Optical Communications Engineer

Company Overview:  Enlightened Integration LLC provides consulting services associated with the design, installation, operations, and maintenance of submarine and terrestrial fiber optic networks. We are looking for senior professionals in fiber optic cable systems for a work location near Norfolk, VA.  We offer competitive salary and benefits packages.

           Enlightened Integration LLC is an Equal Opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

The SENIOR LEAD OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER candidate is to perform the following functions:

• • • Generate/propose fiber optic network engineering designs and architectures

    • Generate/review methods of procedures and standard operating procedures used in fiber optic cable system operations and sustainment activities

    • Generate and maintain system engineering documentation to guide acquisitions and acceptance activities (including providing design and test objectives)

    • Review and assess third-party support agreements and statements of work

    • Contribute to Cost Estimates, Affordability Analysis, Analysis of Alternatives, Courses of Action, and other system engineering artifacts

    • Able to support occasional travel (15% est.)

    • Participate in integrated project teams supporting system development

The SENIOR LEAD OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER candidate has the following characteristics:

• A M.S. degree in a related STEM field

• 10 years of experience in submarine and/or terrestrial fiber optic cable systems or related areas

• Familiarity with fiber-optic transmission design principles and how they are reflected in transmission and amplifier equipment design 

• Prior experience with several of the critical subsystems (E.g., fiber, cable, repeaters, power feed equipment, line terminal equipment, etc.)  

• An understanding of transmission performance penalties and margin budgets

• Experience in translating performance requirements into system (or subsystem) production, test, and operational requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Familiarity with control plane functionality, including the use of Craft Terminals, Element/Network Management Systems, the use of overhead or wayside channels, etc.

• Familiarity with the properties of key optical elements within system line terminal equipment, such as multiplexers/demultiplexers, repeaters, branching units, reconfigurable optical add/drops, etc.

• Prior hands-on use (I.e., installation, operations, maintenance, provisioning) of submarine line terminal equipment a plus

• General knowledge of optical transponder functionality and communications protocols supported (E.g., 10GE, OTN, FEC, etc.)

• Prior leadership of small development teams in related system or subsystems helpful 

• Experience with gauging the performance of systems using common industry metrics (E.g., Q-factor, BER, OSNR, etc.)

The candidate is required to be a U.S. Citizen and to have a top secret security clearance at commencement of work.  Candidates with existing clearances are preferred, but clearance sponsorship can be considered. Candidates in the work site region are preferred, but relocation can be considered.   Also, the candidate is expected to adhere to all COVID-related rules and practices associated with vaccinations, reporting, etc. that are required by State and Federal officials.

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