Full-Time
Optical Product Development Engineer
Viavi Solutions
5,001-10,000 employees
Provides network performance, optical security solutions
Compensation Overview
$80.8k - $150k/yr
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Master’s or Ph.D. in Physics or Engineering Physics.
- Familiarity with laser physics and optical amplifiers.
- Familiarity with optical test equipment, metrology, and calibration methods.
- Software development or scripting experience in Python.
- Proven ability to model optical systems and migrate the design into manufacturing.
- Experience with vendor interaction and selection.
- Hands-on experience with various testing equipment and the ability to develop and set up testing solutions and automation.
- Provide technical leadership to specify, model/simulate, test, and verify optical systems required as part of the optical test and measurement instrument portfolio.
- Present test data, analysis, and recommendations to other R&D teams for discussion and feedback.
- Explore the applicability of new technologies, provide concepts, and contribute to new business development, including product technology life cycle management.
- Develop technology roadmaps in the context of the business roadmap.
- Work with other optical designers in the R&D groups to establish efficiencies through tool selection/consolidation and training.
- Participate in optical and system design reviews.
- Lead product development from concepts and prototyping to new product introduction (NPI).
- Interact with vendors and source required components for new products.
- Develop testing requirements and establish testing solutions with hands-on experience.
- Ability to give and receive constructive criticism.
- 3 to 8+ years of experience in product/technology development.
- Knowledge and understanding of modern telecommunications and fiber optic transmission technologies.
- Proven track record of working with multidisciplinary and cross-functional teams.
- Experience with the following types of products: EDFAs, free-space optics, lasers, attenuators, optical spectrum analyzers, optical filters, polarization-maintaining fibers, polarimeters, optical power meters, and passive optical components.
VIAVI Solutions provides test, measurement, and assurance products for networks and services, along with optical security solutions. It serves mobile operators, governments, enterprise networks, and infrastructure contractors, offering hardware and software tools to design, deploy, monitor, and verify network performance and security. Unlike many competitors, VIAVI combines breadth across telecom networks with optical security capabilities and serves a global customer base, enabling end-to-end validation and protection of critical infrastructure. The company’s goal is to help customers deploy and operate reliable, high-performance networks and services while ensuring security and compliance.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Newbury, Massachusetts
Founded
1923
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Installed-base upgrades from 3920B can drive software and migration revenue.[1]
- Defense and transport TETRA customers need easier mission-critical radio validation.[1]
- AI, data-center, and security validation demand supports CF1000 and related products.
What critics are saying
- Telecom spending weakness can offset gains from AI and defense products.
- $500 million equity offering diluted shareholders and reduced per-share upside.
- Spirent integration and hyperscale demand concentration create execution and cyclicality exposure.
What makes Viavi Solutions unique
- CX300 adds TETRA MS simulator without extra hardware or T1 test mode.[1]
- VIAVI combines wireless test tools with satellite emulation for 5G NTN.[3]
- AI Experts automate setup, diagnostics, and reporting across OneAdvisor 800, TM500, and TeraVM.
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Company News
VIAVI Solutions has announced that its TTworkbench gPTP test suite and TestCenter M1 Appliance have been recognised as an IEEE 802.1AS Avnu Certification Test Tool solution under the Avnu Alliance Time-Sensitive Networking Component Certification Program. The solution will be showcased at the Avnu Alliance Plugfest in London from 20–24 April. The certification test tool enables device manufacturers, silicon providers and test laboratories to validate conformance for TSN protocols and ensure interoperability across multi-vendor TSN ecosystems. VIAVI's solution combines automated TSN conformance testing with traffic generation and timing analysis in a single workflow. The Avnu Alliance Component Certification Program supports standardised validation across TSN-enabled devices in automotive, industrial, professional audio, aerospace and defence applications.
VIAVI Solutions has partnered with Ground Control to integrate its Secure µPNT STL-1000 receiver into RockFLEET Assured, an asset tracking and navigation solution for maritime vessels operating in GNSS-denied environments. The compact software-defined receiver delivers precise timing with holdover capability, enabling tracking and navigation in denied, degraded and disrupted space operational environments. It addresses vulnerabilities from GPS jamming and spoofing, which have become increasingly common in cyber warfare. RockFLEET Assured is a marine-grade positioning, navigation and timing solution designed to support maritime vessel navigation when GNSS signals are unavailable. The partnership aims to strengthen resilience for mission-critical operations across defence, maritime and critical infrastructure sectors by providing a trusted secondary position source beyond traditional GPS reliance.
Viavi Solutions reported Q4 revenues of $369.3 million, up 36.4% year-on-year and exceeding analyst expectations by 1.1%. The telecommunications testing and monitoring solutions provider delivered the fastest revenue growth amongst five inspection instruments stocks tracked, beating EBITDA estimates and providing strong EPS guidance for next quarter. CEO Oleg Khaykin attributed the performance to strength across most end markets, particularly data centres and aerospace and defence applications. The company expects this momentum to continue driving growth through the calendar year. Viavi's shares have surged 75.5% since the earnings report and currently trade at $36.90. Across the sector, inspection instruments stocks averaged 21.4% gains, with the group collectively beating revenue estimates by 0.9%.
Viavi Solutions climbed to a 24-year high on Tuesday, reaching $36.03 intraday before closing 6.93% higher at $35.94 per share. The surge followed a "buy" recommendation from Stifel, which maintained a $35 price target after the company showcased its AI solutions portfolio at a California conference. Viavi displayed products including 1.6T Ethernet testing, silicon photonics manufacturing and fiber inspection tools. The company introduced its INX 700 probe microscope and DCX-700 optical loss test set, which enables 24-fibre simultaneous measurement. Viavi is also participating in the RSA Conference in San Francisco from 23 to 26 March, where it has presented its Observer Threat Forensics tool designed to help organisations identify security vulnerabilities and analyse data breaches.
VIAVI Solutions has launched Observer Threat Forensics, a solution combining network operation management with CrowdStrike-powered threat intelligence to support converged NetSecOps teams. The platform provides retrospective analysis capabilities and unifies packet insights, flow data and log telemetry into a single dashboard. The solution addresses growing demand for convergence between network and security operations. VIAVI's State of the Network study found that 79% of 750 surveyed CIOs and CISOs wanted to move away from siloed operational models, yet only 27% have begun the transition. Observer Threat Forensics leverages existing network performance monitoring data to provide both performance insights and security threat investigation capabilities. The platform helps organisations identify vulnerabilities, analyse breaches and understand intrusion points whilst eliminating data gaps. VIAVI showcased the solution at the RSA Conference in San Francisco from 23-26 March.