Principal Optical Network Engineer

Non-CA Pay Range (Annual):

At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.

Infinera also offers paid leave, medical, 

dental, and vision coverage, 401(k),

life, and disability insurance to

eligible employees.

Locations: Richardson, Texas; Remote

The TME team is part of the Global support and services business group at Infinera. We are a technical operations team, and it is our team’s responsibility to successfully drive early customer trials and demos for Infinera’s new product introductions. We are tasked with:

• Executing customer test plans inside Infinera-labs and becoming an early expert of new SW/HW product specifications, requirements, features, and issues.
• Providing technical support at different NPI phases of pre-launch, launch and post launch to both internal teams and external customers.
• Train our professional services and support organizations on new products.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Principal Optical Network Engineer to join our Technical Marketing Engineering (TME) team. In this role, you will play a pivotal leadership role in designing, executing, and analyzing complex trials and demos, ensuring their success and providing valuable insights to our engineering, product management, and marketing teams.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive test plans for new Infinera products, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and business objectives.
• Architect and implement complex lab environments, including network topologies, configurations, and traffic scenarios, to thoroughly evaluate new product features and functionality.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose technical issues arising during trials and demos, leveraging your deep expertise in optical networking technologies to identify root causes and develop effective solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and marketing teams to translate technical specifications into compelling customer presentations and demonstrations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment within the TME group.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies in the optical networking domain and proactively identify opportunities to leverage these advancements in new product trials and demos.
• Analyze trial and demo results to extract actionable insights, identify areas for product improvement, and communicate these findings effectively to stakeholders across the organization.
• Manage relationships with …