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We are currently looking for a highly motivated **Laboratory Engineer Advanced Technology (M/F/D)** managing the Advanced Technology laboratory in Meiningen.
Adtran is a leading manufacturer of optical connectivity solutions from access to long-haul with a strong presence in Europe. Future technologies and new products are prepared by its Advanced Technology department operating a large research laboratory equipped with latest generation high-performance devices. Close cooperation with the adjacent R&D laboratory offers unparalleled opportunities to realize complex experimental setups.
If you want to be a part of our growing company that is driven by innovation and is focused on building the future together with our employees, consider applying.
**Principle duties and essential functions**
- Responsibility for the organization and operational capability of the laboratory
- Setting up experimental assemblies in the laboratory and conducting experiments in the framework of our research on optical transmission systems, sub-systems and distributed fiber sensing with focus on the physical layer
- Supporting team members in selecting suitable devices and designing experimental setups
- Ensuring reliable measurements (calibration of measurement devices)
- Implementing required laser safety measures
- Support in national and international projects
- Solid knowledge and experience in several of the following fields:
- Technologies for increasing capacity of optical communication systems (multi-band transmission, space-division multiplexing)
- Transmission experiments in laboratory environments
- Techniques for monitoring signal quality in optical networks
- Joint data communication and distributed fiber sensing
**Knowledge, skills and experience required**
- Diploma, Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or related area
- Good programming skills with focus on laboratory automatization
- Good knowledge in optical transmission technologies and optical fiber effects
- Laboratory experience in optical sub-system and system characterization
- Ideally experience in some of the following topics:
- Coherent optical transmission and optical modulation
- Optical amplification and switching
- Monitoring of signal quality in an optical network
- Good presentation and communication skills
- Innovative, highly motivated personality
- Fluent written and oral English language skills, fluency in German is a plus
- Innovative, constructive and application oriented
**Benefits**
- Possibility to work in an international, multicultural environment
- Team-oriented, friendly work culture
- Flexible working hours model
- Internal training program
- Fitness, commuting and kindergarten allowances as well as drinks and fruits for free
- Employee discounts e. g. for events and branded products
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