System Engineering Specialist
EXFO inc
Job Description:
Job summary
As a System Engineering Specialist in the Research & Development department, you will play a significant role in producing high quality technical requirement specifications for new products and features in our Network Instruments Portfolio.
In active collaboration with the product line management team, you will identify and understand customer use cases and market needs, define innovative and appropriate solutions, and support development teams throughout the product lifecycle.
This role includes a strong focus on next-generation high-speed Ethernet technologies (1.6T / 3.2T) and electrical transmission systems based on 224G and 448G signaling.
You will be part of a System Engineering team where responsibilities are shared across multiple experts, each contributing their domain knowledge to the overall product definition.
What you’ll do
- Act as a resident technical subject matter expert
- Conduct domain technology scouting and follow industry standards
- Produce technology studies on emerging topics of interest for the business
- Define new test products, features and methodologies
- Produce detailed technical specifications for development teams
- Ensure the conceptual and technical integrity of product and feature requirements
- Define user stories, manage and prioritize development backlog
- Fulfil the role of Technical Product Owner within Agile development teams
- Contribute to system definition and test strategies for high-speed Ethernet interfaces and next-generation PHY technologies
- Support evaluation and integration of high-speed electrical interfaces (112G / 224G / 448G) in test and measurement systems
What we’re looking for
Technical skills:
- Excellent knowledge of high-speed Ethernet technologies (400G, 800G, 1.6T and beyond)
- Strong understanding of electrical transmission and SerDes technologies (112G, 224G and beyond)
- Good understanding of transmitter and receiver architectures, including equalization, link training, clock and data recovery (CDR), forward error correction (FEC), signal conditioning, jitter/noise considerations and overall link behavior.
- Good knowledge of transport/datacom protocols such as TCP/IP, 1588 PTP
- Strong understanding of applicable industry standards (IEEE 802.3, OIF, etc.)
- Familiar with high-speed hardware interfaces and system constraints such as signal integrity, bandwidth and latency
- Experience with test and measurement systems is an asset
- Excellent technical writing abilities
Required aptitudes
- High interest in emerging telecommunication technologies
- Strong ability to understand and model complex systems, including physical layer behavior
- Capability to digest, interpret and adapt industry standards to the test and measurement market
- Capability to develop innovative ideas and concepts
- Excellent analysis and synthesis skills
- Capability to handle complex problems and situations
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good knowledge of Agile development methodologies
- Strong team spirit and collaborative mindset
- High sense of responsibility, autonomy and efficiency
- Capable of multi-tasking
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree
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Résumé du poste
En tant que spécialiste en ingénierie système au sein du département de recherche et développement, vous jouerez un rôle clé dans la production de spécifications techniques de haute qualité pour les exigences liées aux nouveaux produits et aux nouvelles fonctionnalités de nos produits de test de télécommunication.
En collaboration étroite avec l’équipe de gestion de ligne de produits, vous identifierez et comprendrez les cas d’usage clients et les besoins du marché, définirez des solutions innovantes et adaptées, et soutiendrez les équipes de développement tout au long du cycle de vie des produits.
Ce rôle met fortement l’accent sur les technologies Ethernet haute vitesse de nouvelle génération (1.6T / 3.2T) ainsi que sur les systèmes de transmission électrique basés sur des signalisations 224G et 448G.
Vous ferez partie d’une équipe d’ingénierie système où les responsabilités sont partagées entre plusieurs experts, chacun apportant son expertise de domaine à la définition globale des produits.
Responsabilités principales
- Agir en tant qu’expert technique de référence dans le domaine
- Effectuer une veille technologique et suivre les standards de l’industrie
- Réaliser des études technologiques sur des sujets émergents d'intérêt pour l’entreprise
- Définir de nouveaux produits de test, fonctionnalités et méthodologies
- Produire des spécifications techniques détaillées pour les équipes de développement
- Assurer l’intégrité conceptuelle et technique des exigences produit et fonctionnalités
- Définir des user stories, gérer et prioriser le backlog de développement
- Assumer le rôle de Technical Product Owner au sein des équipes Agile
- Contribuer à la définition des systèmes et des stratégies de test pour les interfaces Ethernet haute vitesse et les technologies PHY de nouvelle génération
- Soutenir l’évaluation et l’intégration d’interfaces électriques haute vitesse (112G / 224G / 448G) dans les systèmes de test et mesure
Profil recherché
Compétences techniques :
- Excellente connaissance des technologies Ethernet haute vitesse (400G, 800G, 1,6T et au-delà)
- Bonne maîtrise des technologies de transmission électrique et SerDes (112G, 224G et plus)
- Bonne compréhension des architectures émetteur et récepteur, incluant égalisation, link training, clock and data recovery (CDR), forward error correction (FEC), conditionnement du signal, considérations de jitter/noise et comportement global du lien
- Bonne connaissance des protocoles de transport/datacom tels que TCP/IP, 1588 PTP
- Bonne compréhension des standards industriels applicables (IEEE 802.3, OIF, etc.)
- Familiarité avec les interfaces matérielles haute vitesse et les contraintes systèmes telles que l’intégrité du signal, la bande passante et la latence
- Expérience avec des systèmes de test et mesure est un atout
- Excellentes capacités de rédaction technique
Aptitudes requises :
- Fort intérêt pour les technologies émergentes en télécommunications
- Solide capacité à comprendre et modéliser des systèmes complexes, incluant le comportement de la couche physique
- Capacité à assimiler, interpréter et adapter les standards de l’industrie au marché du test et mesure
- Capacité à développer des idées et concepts innovants
- Excellentes capacités d’analyse et de synthèse
- Capacité à gérer des problèmes et situations complexes
- Excellentes compétences en communication (écrites et orales)
- Bonne connaissance des méthodologies de développement Agile
- Fort esprit d’équipe et approche collaborative
- Sens élevé des responsabilités, autonomie et efficacité
- Capacité à gérer plusieurs tâches simultanément
Exigences minimales
- Baccalauréat en génie électrique, logiciel ou informatique, ou équivalent
- Plus de 10 ans d’expérience dans l’industrie des télécommunications
- Bilingue (français et anglais, à l’oral et à l’écrit)
- Autorisation légale de travailler au Canada obligatoire
EXFO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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