Fiber Product R&D Engineer HCF

Careers at Prysmian: Join Prysmian's R&D Optical Fiber Business Unit

Who we are:

Prysmian is a global cabling solutions provider leading the energy transition and digital transformation. Everyone at Prysmian has the potential to make their mark; because whatever you do, wherever you are based, you will be part of a company that is helping transform the world around us.

Your contribution to Prysmian's Success:

Join the international teams of Prysmian's R&D Optical Fiber Business Unit. Participate in the design and development of new products in the optical fiber plant, located in Eindhoven (The Netherlands).

Description:

Reporting to the Fiber Product R&D Manager, you will be responsible for the design, development, and qualification of new generations of optical fibers (in particular hollow-core and multimode fibers), the development of new measurement strategies, and the support of new manufacturing process development.

Key challenges for this role:

• Model the propagation characteristics of the fibers and their impacts on their performance for their specific applications
• Develop and maintain the modeling tools used by the Fiber Product R&D Group
• Design, develop and qualify new optical fibers and new measurement strategies for existing products and for new products
• Define new items to be incorporated into the optical fiber development roadmap
• Provide technical support to Process Control and Operations teams for the resolution of specific problems, and to Sales and Quality teams in their discussions with customers and on issues related to standardization
• Propose publications in scientific journals or conferences
• Participate in technology watch activities (publications, patents, products)

Skills and Competences:

• MSc or Engineer Diploma (PhD is a plus) with a first successful experience in an industrial environment
• Experience in computer science programming (Comsol, Matlab...)
• Technical knowledge in cross disciplined science based on graduate research and prior work history (publications, research topics)
• Knowledge of statistics and SQL database
• Fluent English
• Management and communication skills
• Rigor, methodology, flexibility, reliability, versatility

About Us

Prysmian is a global cabling solutions provider leading the energy transition and digital transformation. By leveraging its wide geographical footprint and extensive product range, its track record of technological leadership and innovation, and a strong customer base, the company is well-placed to capitalise on its leading positions and win in new, growing markets. Prysmian’s business strategy perfectly matches key market drivers by developing resilient, high-performing, sustainable and innovative cable solutions in the segments of Transmission, Power Grid, Electrification and Digital Solutions.