Vice President of Engineering – Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Originally posted 22 May 2026 by the employer.
About the role
The Vice President of Engineering – Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) leads the product development and commercialization of optical circuit switching platforms for hyperscale and AI data center networks. This executive defines and executes the end-to-end OCS strategy spanning photonic device innovation, system architecture, firmware/software control, and high-volume manufacturing readiness.
What you'll do
- Define and drive the OCS technology and product roadmap, including system-level design of large-scale optical fabrics. - Build and lead a multi-disciplinary engineering organization across photonics/optical design, ASIC/control electronics, firmware and system software, and mechanical/packaging engineering across multiple global locations. - Deliver OCS platforms from concept through prototype, qualification, and high-volume production. - Serve as the primary technical executive interface to hyperscale customers and ecosystem partners across optics, fiber, packaging, and system vendors. - Drive developments in high-radix and high-density OCS architectures, low-loss optical paths and packaging, and fast, scalable switching control planes. - Establish best practices in design for manufacturability (DFM), test, and reliability engineering, while managing the optical switching IP and patent portfolio.
What you'll need
- MS with 15+ years of technical experience, or a PhD, covering optical, networking, transceivers, firmware, and software. - Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams across optical design, ASIC/control electronics, and system firmware/software. - Demonstrated background delivering hardware platforms through prototype, qualification, and high-volume manufacturing. - Technical expertise translating hyperscale network requirements such as topology, bandwidth scaling, and reconfiguration time into product specifications.
Skills: optical circuit switch, OCS architectures, photonics design, ASIC control electronics, hyperscale customers