Optical Engineer

3 weeks ago

Romsey, United Kingdom Microsoft Full time

Overview

Azure Fiber is looking for a committed and reliable Optical Engineer to join our team. The role involves supporting the design and management of fibre products, assessing their associated parametric performance against specifications. You will integrate a team responsible for the management of our family of specifications for product and sub-assemblies, with emphasis on improvements on existing products and support the introduction of new products. You will work closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, and R&D teams to support the development and production of hollowcore fiber and cable solutions. As such, this role involves hands-on work in our state of the art Romsey facility.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

BSc in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics or other STEM disciplines. Proven work experience within product engineering in a manufacturing industry. Experience in statistical parameters control for manufacturing and product testing. Hands-on experience with microscopes, including but not limited to Scanning Electron Microscope and Optical Microscope.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in defect analysis using microscope techniques, including but not limited to Energy-dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) and Raman Spectroscopy.

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Responsibilities

You will document the appropriate test requirements and improvements to be included in relevant hardware designs by applying an understanding of how moderately complex features or products work under a variety of customer scenarios. You will use root cause analysis, as well as data and statistical analyses to identify complex problems or flaws that may affect a feature or product design change.  You will contribute input to a single project implementation schedule to deliver the hardware engineering aspects of a moderately complex feature or product. You will implement and track product plans with minimal guidance. You will provide recommendations to help develop comprehensive product plans (e.g., describe the user experience, enable customer/partner testing scenarios, allow for design reuse, are verifiable). You will identify opportunities to affect downstream execution of projects by resolving issues and implementing design tradeoffs within scope (e.g., performance vs. reliability and manufacturing concerns). You will use data and statistical analyses to make recommendations to optimize existing processes, or create new processes that can be used by own team. You will identify common project risks (e.g., external supplier or partner delays, incomplete specs, or tool issues) at the outset of a project, and develop plans to address those risks. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.Industry leading healthcareEducational resourcesDiscounts on products and servicesSavings and investmentsMaternity and paternity leaveGenerous time awayGiving programsOpportunities to network and connect

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