Director of Network Element Electrical Design (6661)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world?

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities.

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns.

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career.

Position Overview

The Director of Network Element Electrical Design manages and leads a team of highly skilled electrical engineers and technicians to research, design, develop, prototype, test, qualify, and transfer to manufacture SubCom’s next generation high-reliability products, including terminal equipment and undersea repeaters, branching units, and ROADMs. The role is responsible for conceiving and synthesizing network element electrical architecture and circuit designs incorporating state-of-the-art electrical and optical components. This role will interact with other R&D managers, program management, and manufacturing peers to ensure development project deliverables and objectives are being met. The role will also be responsible for administering the R&D PCBA development process and resource utilization to achieve established project timelines.

Responsibilities

• Be an overall technical leader for electrical design and prototyping activities from concept through delivery to customers.
• Manage all network element electrical circuit design activities consistent with internal development processes in support of SubCom project needs.
• Manage the PCBA design process with internal and external eCAD specialists
• Lead cross-functional project and problem-solving teams, integration of optical, electronic, mechanical, and firmware, while providing system design expertise.
• Participate in requirements development and design reviews.
• Ensure development of manufacturing test requirements for undersea network elements, ability to analyze production test data and participate in disposition activities related to product test issues
• Initiate and develop relationships with internal partners and external suppliers.
• Cooperate with field installation teams to ensure proper installation and operation of deployed equipment.