Solution Engineer – Fiber Optics Production & Lab Test

Summary:

Duties & Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Act as theregional technical expert for VIAVI Fiber Optics test solutions.
• Engage with customer R&D, NPI and manufacturing teams to understand current and futureoptical test requirements.
• Develop and demonstrate complete VIAVI solutions covering fiber-optic, optical component, transceiver and coherent optical testing.
• Lead customerdemos, PoCs, evaluations, trials, training and deployment support.
• Support advanced technologies including400G/800G/1.6T optics, coherent optics, DWDM/Flex-Grid, WSS/ROADM, Silicon Photonics, CPO/XPO and optical switching.
• Partner with Sales to qualify opportunities, develop technical value propositions and support strategic opportunities.
• Enable and developchannel partners and regional Sales teams through technical training and knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with TAC and Product Divisions to resolve complex technical issues and provide customer feedback for product roadmap and strategy.
• Identify emerging customer requirements, technology trends and new applications to drivefuture business growth.
• Support test automation and integration usingSCPI, Python or equivalent technologies where required.

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements:

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or master’s degree inElectronics, Communications, Photonics, Optical Engineering, Instrumentation or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience as an FAE,Solution Engineer, Applications Engineer or similar customer-facing technical role.
• Strong knowledge offiber optics, optical communications and optical test & measurement.
• Experience withR&D, NPI and manufacturing customers.
• Strong understanding of optical measurements includingOSA, IL/RL/PDL, optical power, fiber/component testing and coherent optics.
• Knowledge of emerging optical technologies such as800G/1.6T, SiPh, CPO/XPO and optical I/O is an advantage.
• Working knowledge oftest automation and SCPI/Python is desirable.
• Strong troubleshooting, presentation, communication and customer relationship skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across amulti-country regional organization.
• Excellent English communication skills; additional regional language capability is an advantage.
• Willingness to travel extensively acrossSEANZ.

Role Mission

Be the regional technical bridge between VIAVI and its customers—understand the test challenge, develop the right optical test solution, demonstrate its value, enable deployment, and identify the next growth opportunity.