Posted 3 months ago
Optical Engineer
@ Ranovus
Ottawa, Ontario
Overview
Ranovus, a fiber-optic communications company for data centers with sites in Ottawa, Nuremberg and San Jose, is hiring a full-time Optical Engineer for its Optical System Integration/Verification team. The role covers bringing up, testing and characterizing optical hardware for communication modules, with lab-based test development and reporting. The posting states 2 to 5 years of relevant optical or opto-electronics experience and a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
Responsibilities:
- Bring up, validate and debug optical engine performance
- Develop optical performance test plans
- Build lab setups with high-speed electrical and optical equipment
- Design and maintain automated test scripts
- Analyze root causes of optical performance issues
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's or Master's in optical engineering, physics, electrical engineering or related field
- 2 to 5 years on optical systems or opto-electronic devices
- Knowledge of optical components, digital communication, HW, PCB, SW/FW
- Python or Matlab scripting experience
- Lab environment troubleshooting experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-08-22
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-09
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Research & science |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Laboratory |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required), Master’s degree (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering |
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Ranovus
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Full company description
The world-class team of scientist and engineers at Ranovus is comprised of professionals with a unique combination of decades of expertise in product development of optoelectronics components and transceiver subsystems for the information technology industry. Ranovus' disruptive innovation in Quantum Dot Multi-Wavelength Laser combined with advanced digital and photonics integrated circuit technologies is setting a new industry benchmark for the next generation of optical interconnect solutions. Our technology delivers significant reduction in power dissipation, size and cost of interconnects, and enables a much higher degree of distortion tolerance compared to traditional solutions, thereby enabling a "freeway" architecture to reduce network latency.
- LinkedIn followers
- 5,447
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 119
- Reported office locations
- 11 Hines Rd, 101, Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2X1, CA
- Business categories
- Information Technology
- Data Center
- Optical Communication
- Telecommunications
- Computer
- Other recorded names
- Ranovus
- RANOVUS Inc.
- Specialties
- Inter/Intra Data Center Connectivity
- Digital and Photonics Integrated Circuit Technologies
- Optical Transmission
- Advanced Packaging Technologies
- and Co-Packaged Optics
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 99,819,077
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
The world-class team of scientist and engineers at Ranovus is comprised of professionals with a unique combination of decades of expertise in product development of optoelectronics components and transceiver subsystems for the information technology industry. Ranovus' disruptive innovation in Quantum Dot Multi-Wavelength Laser combined with advanced digital and photonics integrated circuit technologies is setting…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2012 |
| Specialties | Inter/Intra Data Center ConnectivityDigital and Photonics Integrated Circuit TechnologiesOptical TransmissionAdvanced Packaging Technologiesand Co-Packaged Optics |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 14 |
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Social networking, machine learning, and big data analytics demand ever-increasing network connectivity. RANOVUS, with operations in Ottawa, Canada, Nuremberg, Germany, and San Jose, USA, is a solution provider for the next generation data center infrastructures. We aim to deliver advanced technology that minimizes environmental impact through lower power dissipation.
Working with world class fabrication partners, RANOVUS is the leader in the application of unique new technologies to fiber-optic communications products for data centers.
We are seeking a motivated and talented Optical Engineer to join our Optical System Integration/ Verification team. The successful candidate would implement and test electrical and optical hardware/system for leading-edge optical communication modules for customer delivery.
Responsibilities include:
• Collaborate with multi-functional groups (photonics, hardware and software) to bring-up, validate, debug, calibrate, optimize and characterize optical engine performance.
• Understand product requirements, define test objectives, and develop detailed optical performance test plans that outline test strategies, scope, configurations, deliverables, and schedules.
• Establish complex lab setups using various high-speed electrical/optical lab equipment (oscilloscope, network analyzer, spectrum analyzer, BERT, etc.).
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts to adjust operating conditions of the device and capture the measurement data.
• Root-causes analysis of optical performance issues through lab experimentation and collaboration with design teams.
• Create test reports that summarize test results, key findings, and bug fixes.
• Support interworking between AE and the R&D team and the marketing team.
• Collaborate with external instrument vendors for equipment procurement and ensure seamless software and control integration.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 to 5 years relevant work experience on optical systems or opto-electronics devices (lasers, detectors, modulators, transceivers).
• Knowledge of optical systems and components, digital communication systems, HW, PCB, SW/FW.
• Experience in Python or Matlab script languages.
• Experience in a lab environment including troubleshooting issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable skills:
• Knowledge of very high-speed interconnects (electrical and optical) for Ethernet, PCIe/CXL etc.
• Exposure to programming and debugging embedded software on microcontrollers.
If you have a passion for technology and innovation and want to be part of a team pushing the boundaries, we encourage you to apply.
Ranovus is an equal opportunity employer.
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