Fiber Design Engineer Jobs

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for the delivery of fibre optic projects in a dynamic environment with varying degrees of complexity, timeframes and capital.
• Responsible for the design and planning of standard and new optical architecture, considering optical link reach, fibre design efficiency, network reliability, redundancy and scalability.
• Accurately document fibre details on exiting fibre assets and take all necessary steps to ensure the data integrity of the fibre network is maintained.
• Provide technical support to system planners and network specialists for the selection of routes, ensuring optimum cost-effectiveness and performance of our existing and expanding fibre network.
• Review business requirements and engineering plans to engineer and deliver accurate and reliable fibre solutions.
• Manage existing inside cable territory fibre network and provide detailed instructions to technical staff.
• Ensure projects are completed to engineering spec, and planning requirements and delivered on time. Review, manage and technically approve plans prepared up by contractors.
• Interpret OTDR / CD / PMD traces, loss measurements and other fibre characterization specifications for circuit acceptance.
• Provide fibre network design alternatives and assist in optimizing fibre network capability.
• Prepare fibre cost estimates (FERS) and produce CAs, BOM and POs for in cable territory projects.

Knowledge & Experience :

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience, preferably in Outside Plant Engineering.
• Sound knowledge of FTTx, HFC and Fibre Optic Networks Telecommunications Environment experience is desirable
• Good working knowledge of all Microsoft applications, AutoCAD, SpatialNET and Network X.
• Post-Secondary education in telecommunications, civil engineering or a related field.
• Experience in managing multiple, simultaneous, high volume projects self-motivated with the ability to work well independently and on a team.
• Detail-oriented with an aptitude for tracking progress across many projects
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong organizational, written, verbal and time management skills
• Ability to achieve results through teamwork
• Project Management education is an asset
• Sound knowledge of Wireline Access Network is an asset


Skills & Experience


Design, FTTx, Optical Fibers, Outside Plant, Project Management, Telecommunications