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# Senior Principal, Design Engineering at SAP

**Location**
: Austin, Texas

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Sep 25, 2026

## Summary from listing

Celestica Engineering is seeking an Optical System Engineer to design and qualify high-speed fiber-optic transceiver modules and systems, primarily 10 Gbit/s to 100 Gbit/s, for datacenter and campus-wide network switching. The role involves optical and electrical characterization, test-procedure development, NPI collaboration, hardware debugging, interoperability demonstrations, vendor selection, and certification support. Candidates need at least 10 years of experience in fiber-optic communications and hardware product development, strong analytical and communication skills, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering; a master’s degree is preferred.

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