Team Lead, Senior Hardware Systems Designer

Location: Ottawa, ON (On-site)

About this opportunity

As a member of a dynamic development team, the Team Lead - Senior HW Systems Designer will be responsible for Leading a small team of HW designers, including planning, scheduling, architecture, design, testing and delivery to manufacturing of carrier-grade hardware used for optical line systems capable of 400Gbps and beyond.

What You'll Do

• Lead HW development projects and advise and mentor HW, mechanical, and FPGA team members.
• Responsible for creating and evolving HW architectures for 1RU transport platform.
• Project lead for other resources like mechanical design and FPGA design including program effort estimation and program resource planning.
• Own all aspects of circuit pack development schedule, prototype delivery, product testing and product certification.
• Work with product line management and other managers to interpret and negotiate product features and specifications.
• Lead and interface with contract resources outside of your organization or external to the company.
• Define technical specifications to support design concepts and participate in specification reviews.
• Participate in design reviews, guide technical discussions to conclusion.
• Interface with component vendors and negotiate design specifications with external suppliers
• Review Designs to ensure they meet architecture goals.
• Support the technology transfer to manufacturing/production testing.

What You Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent coupled with 12+ years of experience in optical transport equipment development or high-speed circuit pack development.
• Experience with 1RU carrier-grade system requirements and high-speed optical transmission systems.
• Experience with board level development and being a team lead for development projects.
• Experience and understanding of design for testability and manufacturability concepts.

Assets You May Possess

• Experience with a variety of optical interfaces and telecommunications standards up to 400G and beyond.

Benefits for full time employees include an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Stock Equity Eligibility, Health and Drug Plan, $500 Wellness Benefit, Dental, Vision, Life, Dependent Life, Disability insurance (STD and LTD), Employee Assistance Program and Paid Time Off.

Why join DZS?

DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI) is a global leader of access, optical and cloud-controlled software defined solutions. Our software and network innovations are empowering communications service providers to reimagine their EDGE and transform their businesses and network infrastructure to become the experience providers of tomorrow. DZS systems, platforms and services are leveraged by over 1000 service providers globally in over 100 countries and connect to over 70 million homes and businesses and are relied upon by more than 30 of the world's top 50 telecom providers.

Mission: DZS solutions are enabling today's communications service providers to transform into tomorrow's experience providers. By empowering our customers to reimagine their Access, Subscriber, Optical and Cloud EDGE, we are helping to create a hyper-connected world while enabling our customers to achieve dramatically faster response times and operational efficiencies that allow them to disrupt their markets and build a sustainable competitive EDGE.

What happens once you apply?

Your resume will be reviewed against the requirements listed and if a match a member of our team will reach out to you directly via phone and email. You can also visit our website directly, https://dzsi.com to learn more about the company and this position. Hiring top talent is our top priority and we thrilled you chose us.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values and is why we nurture it in everything we do. DZS is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. DZS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, gender, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the application process.