Sales Engineer - Interconnect
Core
Lead pre-sales technical engagement and lab validation for Ciena's optical interconnect and silicon solutions to enable AI, cloud, and compute infrastructure for hyperscalers and system partners.
Role type
Senior Sales Engineer (Interconnects)
Builds
Optical interconnect and silicon solutions for datacenter and AI/compute systems
Domain
Telecommunications / Datacenter Infrastructure / Optical Interconnects
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | client delivery
Required skills
high-speed hardware engineering, optical interconnect, silicon bring-up, DSP/retimer, SERDES, PCIe, Ethernet, signal integrity analysis, lab debugging, technical solution architecture
Preferred skills
Traditional Chinese reading proficiency, Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering
Technologies
oscilloscopes, BERTs, IBIS-AMI, simulation tools, high-speed test equipment
Responsibilities
Lead pre-sales technical engagement for hyperscalers and OEMs; Drive lab bring-up, debugging, and performance testing; Translate customer architectures into technical solutions; Guide design-win opportunities from evaluation to production; Deliver technical workshops and executive presentations; Gather ecosystem insights for product roadmap alignment
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with customer-facing responsibilities