# Optical Communication Engineer (m/f/d)

Your way into the future Join us as a Optical Communication Engineer (m/f/d) and work with us on changing the future! What awaits you at Mynaric Development of extreme bandwidth systems for optical communications, including laser diodes, electronic/optical amplifiers (boost, pre), modulators, receiver elements with electronics Development of higher order modulation schemes to increase data rate and receiver sensitivity Theoretic analysis and simulation of optical communication trains (e.g. VPIphotonics or Matlab) Testing of next generation communication systems and characterization of commercial components Supporting test, validation and verification of optical communication terminal subsystems Development support for the current generation of laser terminals Support of the sales team in proposal generation and the procurement team in RFI/RFPs What you bring with you A University degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent work experience. Passion to work at the cutting edge of technology. Detailed knowledge and experience in optics or photonics:theoretical and experimental experience in free space and/or fibre optics. experience with integrated photonic systems is beneficial.

- **Id**: 3468957
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mynaric-optical-communication-engineer-mfd>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Munich, Germany
- **Countries**: DE
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T15:42:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T11:28:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2417
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, Optics & Photonic Components

## Company

- **Id**: 51892
- **Name**: Mynaric
- **Domain**: mynaric.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mynaric>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Personio

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T16:20:45Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 40
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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