CareerPlan

System Engineer, Application Engineering Principal

Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaFull-time2026-09-17 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead system-level modeling and simulation of high-speed PAM4 communication links for optical and electrical channels to support AI and cloud infrastructure.

Role type

Principal System Engineer (Application Engineering)

Builds

End-to-end link performance models, IBIS-AMI models, and simulation methodologies for optical transceivers and electrical channels.

Domain

Optical networking, high-speed communications, AI infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

System-level modeling and simulation, High-speed communication theory, PAM4 signaling, DSP algorithms, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards, Optical communication systems, SerDes, MATLAB, Python

Preferred skills

Laboratory correlation of simulation and hardware measurements, Optical transceiver architectures, IEEE COM methodology, Hyperscale cloud customer support

Technologies

PAM4, SerDes, IBIS-AMI, MATLAB, Python, IEEE 802.3, Optical transceivers

Responsibilities

Lead system-level modeling and simulation of high-speed PAM4 communication links; Develop end-to-end link performance models including DSP, optical, and electrical components; Serve as subject matter expert for IEEE 802.3 Ethernet specifications; Support product compliance activities for CEI interfaces and 100G/200G/lane PAM4; Collaborate with silicon and system design teams to improve model accuracy.