Laboratory Engineer Advanced Technology

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We are currently looking for a highly motivated Laboratory Engineer Advanced Technology (M/F/D) managing the Advanced Technology laboratory in Meiningen.

Adtran is a leading manufacturer of optical connectivity solutions from access to long-haul with a strong presence in Europe. Future technologies and new products are prepared by its Advanced Technology department operating a large research laboratory equipped with latest generation high-performance devices. Close cooperation with the adjacent R&D laboratory offers unparalleled opportunities to realize complex experimental setups.

If you want to be a part of our growing company that is driven by innovation and is focused on building the future together with our employees, consider applying. 

Principle duties and essential functions

• Responsibility for the organization and operational capability of the laboratory

• Setting up experimental assemblies in the laboratory and conducting experiments in the framework of our research on optical transmission systems, sub-systems and distributed fiber sensing with focus on the physical layer

• Supporting team members in selecting suitable devices and designing experimental setups

• Ensuring reliable measurements (calibration of measurement devices)

• Implementing required laser safety measures

• Support in national and international projects

• Solid knowledge and experience in several of the following fields:

  • Technologies for increasing capacity of optical communication systems (multi-band transmission, space-division multiplexing)

  • Transmission experiments in laboratory environments

  • Techniques for monitoring signal quality in optical networks

  • Joint data communication and distributed fiber sensing

Knowledge, skills and experience required

• Diploma, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related area

• Good programming skills with focus on laboratory automatization

• Good knowledge in optical transmission technologies and optical fiber effects

• Laboratory experience in optical sub-system and system characterization

• Ideally experience in some of the following topics:

  • Coherent optical transmission and optical modulation

  • Optical amplification and switching

  • Monitoring of signal quality in an optical network

• Good presentation and communication skills

• Innovative, highly motivated personality

• Fluent written and oral English language skills, fluency in German is a plus

• Innovative, constructive and application oriented

Benefits

• Possibility to work in an international, multicultural environment

• Team-oriented, friendly work culture

• Flexible working hours model

• Internal training program

• Fitness, commuting and kindergarten allowances as well as drinks and fruits for free 

• Employee discounts e. g. for events and branded products