Field Application Engineer, Interconnect

Application EngineerApplication EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 5,001-10,000Since 1985H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

California

Posted

50 days ago

Salary

$208.6K - $333.2K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglishAWS

Job Description

• Provide pre-sales technical leadership for Ciena's Interconnects portfolio across hyperscalers, OEMs, and AI/compute system partners. • Lead lab bring-up, debug, interoperability validation, configuration, and performance testing. • Translate customer system architectures and requirements into technical solutions and roadmap inputs. • Support quoting decisions, technical documentation, product collateral, compliance materials, and solution configuration. • Partner with BD and account teams to guide complex design-win cycles from evaluation to production. • Serve as primary technical interface for proof-of-concepts (POCs), interoperability events, compliance, and early deployments. • Deliver technical workshops, product demos, architecture sessions, and executive-level technical briefings. • Provide competitive intelligence, ecosystem developments, and silicon/optics trends to influence PLM and roadmap alignment. • Support post-sales issue triage with R&D, sustaining engineering, and quality teams — ensuring customer success during scale-up. • Advocate for customer requirements while balancing PLM strategy, roadmap alignment, and commercial constraints.

Job Requirements

  • 7–12 years in FAE, solutions engineering, high-speed hardware, optical interconnect, silicon bring-up, or datacenter systems engineering.
  • Deep familiarity with one or more of: DSP/retimer, SERDES, optics/pluggables, AEC/ACC, PCIe, Ethernet, high-speed test equipment.
  • Experience working directly with hyperscalers (AWS, Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc.) and/or major OEMs (Cisco, Arista, HPE/Juniper, etc.).
  • Hands-on debugging with oscilloscopes, BERTs, IBIS-AMI, simulation, or signal integrity tools.
  • Ability to engage simultaneously at engineering depth and executive clarity.
  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar required; MS preferred.
  • Strong communication, documentation, and presentation skills — able to translate between engineering, PLM, and commercial audiences.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Company-paid holidays
  • Paid sick leave
  • Vacation time

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