Senior Optical Engineering Manager
Core
Lead the optical engineering organization to build, scale, and operate the backbone and customer interconnectivity for a global AI cloud infrastructure.
Role type
Senior IC manager (optical networking)
Builds
Optical network capacity, automation pipelines, and high-performance cloud connectivity
Domain
Cloud infrastructure / AI compute / Optical networking
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Optical engineering management, building and scaling engineering organizations, automation engineering, large-scale network design and operation, project delivery in high-pressure environments, strategic planning, team leadership and hiring
Preferred skills
GPU cloud or HPC infrastructure experience, data center fabric build-out, capacity forecasting, high-growth cloud company experience
Technologies
Optical networking, automation software, cloud infrastructure
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end optical networking planning, delivery, and operation; build and lead the engineering organization; set multi-year technical strategy for capacity automation; convert manual processes into durable software; manage operational performance; partner with Interconnect, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, and Product teams; represent technical direction to senior leadership and customers; drive org-wide engineering process improvements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC manager
