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It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Lumentum Canada was awarded the 2022 National Capital Region’s Top Employers for the 6th consecutive year and the 2022 Career Directory Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates for the 5th consecutive year. This position is an opportunity to work in the Manufacturing Test Engineering team for Lumentum’s Optical Transport Subsystems division. In this role, you will guide the team responsible for implementing automated processes used to calibrate and test the company’s latest generations of telecom subsystem modules. Products include Wavelength Selective Switches (WSS), Contentionless MxN ROADMs, Optical Channel Monitors (OCM), and Dynamic Gain Equalizers (DGE). You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that provides scalable solutions to enable high-quality manufacturing of precision optical modules that form the backbone of global optical communications networks. The role involves working with state-of-the-art technologies including Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS), Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Silicon Photonics (Si-Pho). Primarily it involves the integration of opto-electronic elements with digital and analog circuits, along with embedded software, to enable precise and robust functionality. The team is responsible for automated calibration and test processes that support the product from inception to volume production. These processes are aimed at achieving maximal performance and yielding important data for both R&D and manufacturing. This is done in collaboration with related teams such as embedded firmware, hardware, and optical design, as well as interfacing with global manufacturing. Duties include: Work closely with R&D teams to develop calibration and test plans aimed at optimizing product performance and ensuring compliance to specifications Develop automation software and work with manufacturing facilities to introduce and support calibration and test implementation Through teamwork and technical approaches, solve problems related to product failures or test system issues Enhance reliability, yield, and throughput of test processes in manufacturing while maintaining low cost Manage test data and production trends to enable continuous improvement Skills and Experience: Post-Secondary degree in Science/Engineering Field Knowledge of optical communication principles and technology Object-oriented programming (experience with VB.NET and C# preferred) Experience with software-driven instrument control Familiarity with database (SQL) and statistical analysis tools Logical problem solving skills and technical aptitude Understanding of analog and digital electronics (schematics, debugging) Proven ability to work within a team in a rapid time-to-market product development cycle Strong communication and interpersonal skills Lumentum is illuminating the networks of tomorrow with advanced photonic technologies that enable AI, data centers, telecom, industrial, and sensing applications. As AI accelerates the global demand for bandwidth and energy efficiency, we deliver the building blocks that keep data moving reliably, efficiently, and at massive scale. Our optical products support AI and compute infrastructure, cloud and DCI environments, metro and long-haul networks, while our lasers drive breakthroughs in precision manufacturing and sensing. For nearly five decades, Lumentum has been at the intersection of light and innovation. What began as a vision with JDS Uniphase to harness the power of photonics has evolved into a global force driving the communication infrastructure of tomorrow. At Lumentum, we’re building more than a business—we’re building a team of passionate innovators whose drive to collaborate, create, and connect the world fuels everything we do. We are part of the AI technology revolution and we are illuminating the path forward. Headquartered in San Jose, California, we operate worldwide through a network of R&D, manufacturing, and sales locations.