Field Application Engineer
Core
Pre-sales technical support and design-in of optical modules and components into datacenter and GPU cluster solutions for hyperscalers and AI system providers.
Role type
Field Application Engineer (FAE)
Builds
Optical networking components and subsystems for telecom, enterprise, and data center networks
Domain
Optical networking / Photonic products / AI Ecosystem
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Coherent optical module design/testing, DSP/receiver/modulator/laser expertise, NPI processes, transceiver hardware/firmware interfaces, Python, CMIS/C-CMIS/Ethernet/Infiniband standards, switch/router platform familiarity (Arista/Cisco/Nvidia)
Preferred skills
Device firmware structure knowledge
Responsibilities
Negotiate technical specifications and performance trade-offs with customers; Participate in customer design reviews and respond to RFI/RFQs; Collect customer requirements and application use cases; Troubleshoot customer prototypes and develop solutions for successful design-in; Manage product documentation including test plans and reliability qualification reports; Manage Product Change Notification (PCN) process; Participate in Failure Analysis and Corrective Action activities
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC