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Field Application Engineer

USA - CA - San Jose (Ridder)💼 Full-time💰 $149,900–$149,900🗓 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Pre-sales technical support and design-in of optical modules and components for AI ecosystem customers (Hyperscalers, GPU/AI System providers) in datacenters and GPU clusters.

Role type

Field Application Engineer (FAE)

Builds

Design-ins of Lumentum Cloud Modules and components into Datacenters and GPU Clusters

Domain

Optical networking, AI infrastructure, Data Center, Telecom

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

coherent optical modules design/testing, DSPs, receivers, modulators, lasers, transceiver hardware, firmware/hardware interfaces, product development, NPI processes, failure analysis, corrective action

Preferred skills

device firmware structure/functionality, CMIS/C-CMIS/Ethernet/Infiniband standards, switch/router platforms (Arista, Cisco, Nvidia), Python

Technologies

Python, CMIS, C-CMIS, Ethernet, Infiniband, Arista, Cisco, Nvidia

Responsibilities

Negotiate technical specifications and performance trade-offs with customers; Participate in customer design reviews and contribute to technical responses to RFI/RFQs; Work with customers to collect requirements and application use cases; Bring up transceiver modules at customer sites and troubleshoot prototypes; Develop and manage primary customer product documentation (test plans, reliability qualification plans); Manage Product Change Notification process with customers and engineering

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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