{"id":3988551,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ranovus-senior-optical-system-architect","title":"Senior Optical System Architect","company":{"id":58117,"name":"Ranovus","domain":"ranovus.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ranovus","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"BambooHR","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":85,"open_postings":12,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.583,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":null,"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"}},"role":"Hardware","role_family":"Hardware","seniority":"staff","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Ottawa, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"MATLAB","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T22:31:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-09","last_verified_at":"2026-11-09T22:31:00Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Senior Optical System Architect\nOttawa, ON, Canada | Full-Time | Ranovus\nABOUT RANOVUS\nRanovus is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, developing next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions for AI and data center interconnects. Our Odin optical engine integrates a Quantum Dot Multi-Wavelength Laser, Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC), and ASIC into a single co-packaged module - delivering the performance and density required by hyperscale AI infrastructure.\nABOUT THE ROLE\nThe Optical System Architect owns the optical architecture of the Ranovus Odin platform. You will define how light flows through the system and ensure every optical design decision is traceable to a system-level requirement. Working closely with the PIC and Laser teams, you will translate architecture intent into formal TERs and provide continuous feedback to ensure design choices do not compromise system performance, yield, or reliability. You will be responsible for link budget and yield analysis.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nOwn the optical system architecture: define the end-to-end signal path, channel budget, and power allocation from laser to photodetector.\n\nWork closely with PIC and Laser teams to define Technical Engineering Requirements (TERs) for the optical architecture.\n\nLead PIC integration analysis: evaluate modulator bandwidth, coupler tolerances, ring resonator FSR, and coupling yield distributions; provide architecture feedback to the PIC team.\n\nLead laser integration analysis: evaluate output power budget, wavelength grid, linewidth, and WL locking range; provide architecture feedback to the Laser team.\n\nPerform sensitivity-vs-yield analysis across assembly tolerances and process corners; feed results into system yield models.\n\nDrive PVT (process, voltage, temperature) and aging margin analysis for optical system budgets.\n\nCollaborate with SI/PI and ASIC teams to ensure the optical and electrical signal chains are jointly optimized.\n\nContribute to customer-facing architecture documentation and application notes.\n\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS\nMSc. or Ph.D. in Photonics, Electrical Engineering, or related field.\n\n8+ years in optical system architecture or design for silicon photonics, III-V photonics, or CPO products.\n\nDeep hands-on experience with PIC-based systems: ring resonators, Mach-Zehnder modulators, Ge photodetectors, and laser-PIC co-design.\n\nStrong understanding of optical link budgets, BER analysis, and system margin allocation.\n\nExperience defining TERs or equivalent optical specifications for component teams.\n\nProficiency in MATLAB or Python for link budget modeling and sensitivity analysis.\n\nWhat You'll Do\nYou will play a key role in advancing next-generation laser products from development through qualification. By combining hands-on characterization, automation development, reliability testing, and machine vision inspection, you will help establish the data, tools, and processes needed to bring high-performance laser products into production. Working closely with R&D, qualification and reliability teams, packaging suppliers, and external test providers, you will contribute directly to the successful commercialization of cutting-edge photonic technologies.\nRanovus is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and lived experiences, including those from equity deserving and underrepresented communities. We are committed to an accessible recruitment process in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.\nWe are committed to delivering a respectful and transparent candidate experience, with clear and timely communication at every stage of the process. Ranovus Inc. is committed to leveraging new technologies and working efficiently. As a result, artificial intelligence systems may be used to support elements of our hiring process. These tools are designed to enhance consistency and efficiency, not replace human judgment. All hiring decisions are made by people, guided by care, context, and fairness.\nThank you for your interest in joining Ranovus. We look forward to connecting with you.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4134,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Optical Communications","Optics & Photonic Components"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T22:31:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":32,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T02:09:40Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ranovus-senior-optical-system-architect","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ranovus-senior-optical-system-architect.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T02:09:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":5092,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58117},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58117"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Franovus-senior-optical-system-architect"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Franovus-senior-optical-system-architect"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Franovus-senior-optical-system-architect"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ranovus-senior-optical-system-architect\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Franovus-senior-optical-system-architect"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3988551}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ranovus.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3988551},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}