Principal Systems Engineer

The Principal Engineer R&D System Architecture is responsible for defining the Systems requirements and architecture for Ethernet Access products.

Responsibilities

• Working in the Ethernet Access Engineering group
• Help direct the relevant engineering teams for new feature developments
• Broaden and augment the Market Requirements provided by the Product Line Management group
• Decomposing high-level Market Requirements into the appropriate level of detail for the various engineering disciplines to partition the work and move to the next level of functional decomposition
• Communicating these more detailed requirements in written form
• Participating in Standards meetings to further ADVA’s vision for Carrier Ethernet technology
• Tracking the activity of the relevant standards groups and presenting the implications of those activities to the local engineering team
• Presenting ADVA’s input at these standards meetings
• Responsible for reviewing and providing feedback on Product Requirements and Engineering documents
• Demonstrated ability to perform research and drive new technologies internally and represent this work externally within the industry
• Demonstrated ability to work at the architecture level in any area of the system or as a company level expert in a significant technology domain
• Provides consulting across the company for a significant technology domain to a number of different projects
• Provides technical leadership to a team of engineers to develop a portion of the system
• Considered a department and possibly company expert in multiple technical areas and is frequently consulted by other parts of the company for this expertise
• Participate in development planning, high level design, and estimation discussions with Engineering Management, Product Planning, Development, Test and New Product Introduction staff
• Cordinates work teams
• Provides technical support to project team members
• Implementation of industry standard and proprietary product features
• Demonstrates expertise in a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Other duties as required
• Some amount of travel is in involved with this position (average 1 or 2 weeks per quarter

Requirements

• Requires a broad knowledge base in the area of Carrier Ethernet technology with sufficient technical depth
• Must be familiar with a formal Engineering Process including the process lifecycle phases and quality metrics and measures for identifying the completion of each phase
• The candidate will be a “hands-on” individual with direct experience in embedded development in one of the three key disciplines: Hardware, Software or FPGA
• Undergraduate degree (minimum) in CS, EE or related field
• 15+ Years of relevant experience
• Direct experience with embedded development in one of the key disciplines: Hardware, FPGA or Software
• Indirect experience with other key disciplines
• Detailed understanding of Virtual Bridged LAN/MAN standards (IEEE 802.1) with specific focus on Provider Bridges
• Familiarity with other standards related to Ethernet Networks including: ITU and MEF
• Familiarity with Carrier Ethernet & Ethernet OAM
• Experience with Network Synchronization (Synchronous Ethernet or SONET/SDH related synchronization)
• Both written and verbal communication skills are extremely important
• Able to work with Engineers in remote locations/time zones
  

Desired skills

• Familiarity with Packet-based Timing in Ethernet Networks (IEEE 1588v2)
• Familiarity with PWE3 and CES
• Familiarity with SONET/SDH/TDM Telcordia/ITU standards
• Telecom/Datacom network design

Success Criteria

• Energetic and resourceful team player
• Demonstrates a wide degree of creativity and latitude
• Positive, friendly, outgoing and confident personality
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Well-rounded, a "self-starter" and highly motivated
• Able to grasp complex issues quickly
• Pro-active worker with an attitude of continual learning
• Pragmatic and professional by nature with ability to establish and meet deadlines
• Reputation as a “producer” with a creative mind to develop concepts and bring them to completion
• Broader scope to interact at development and industry standards level
  

Contact Person:Griz Calderon 
Reference ID: DAL#002314