Job Description

 PAY RATE: $36.00- $38.00/HR    W2 CONTRACT

FIBER TEST ENGINEER- SAN DIEGO, CA

Leading manufacturer of telecom equipment is seeking a Fiber Test Engineer for their West Coast locations

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Position requires 80% travel client will provide travel expenses
• Responsible for testing the end-to-end of connectivity of optical fiber paths using multiple testing apparatus (OTDR, CD/PMD, Optical Insertion Loss measurements and fiber end-face validation) and performing basic site survey.
• Maintaining Project Schedules.
• Performing fiber characterization tests using OTDR, CD/PMD, power meter/laser source and fiber end face testing using industry standard test equipment.
• Proper prepping of fiber cables for splicing per industry/customer standards.
• Splicing or re-splicing of new strands and problematic fiber strands using industry standard fusion splicers.
• Fiber end face cleaning using multiple methods.
• Assist in fiber issue resolution.
• Providing field analysis on vendor's fiber network from test data.
• Preparing testing packages including: 
  • Redlining of project documentation including fiber path and demarcation points
  • Provide test reports as dictated by vendor requirements 
  • Managing project field documentation
  • Interfacing with vendors to provide remediation to fiber path issues

   

• Performing site surveys to validate vendor infrastructure deliverables including any issues (not limited to):
  • Fiber type
  • Points of failure
  • Framework and support infrastructure (racks, fiber protection, grounding etc)

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 3 years experience within a Telecom Network Infrastructure environment.
• Minimum of 2 years in a project management or project support capacity directing field resources an asset.
• Project management and organizational competence.
• Very strong experience analyzing OTDR traces, OIL data and CD/PMD data.
• Able to describe the details and structure of ISP and OSP Fiber Networks.
• Fusion splicing using industry standard equipment.
• Understanding of various fiber types.
• High level analytical skills.
• Effectively present to team meetings both written and orally.
• Able to identify issues and enact resolutions effectively.
• Can multi-task effectively and maintain project deadlines.
• Can interface with vendors and develop issue remediation protocols.
• Able to use any generic office software.
• Familiarity with EXFO Toolbox used in the analysis of fiber test data or similar software applications.
• Experience with understanding vendor contractual deliverables.
• Additional languages a definite asset.

Company Description

Synectics is one of the nation's foremost consulting firms, working with a client base that includes some of the leading institutions and Fortune 500 corporations in the United States. We seek to bring the most highly qualified professionals to assignments that they will find challenging and fulfilling. We also seek to justify our clients’ expectations that every Synectics consultant will bring the highest possible effort to their endeavors every day. Our success has depended on our consistent ability to achieve both of these goals. Synectics serves an extremely diverse client base which represents an equally diverse range of industries and institutions. The technologies we support have always been responsive to this extremely broad spectrum. In order to fully engage with this continually changing commercial and technological landscape, our employees must draw on their own varying interests, skills and backgrounds. This insight, reflected in our daily practices, has always been our fundamental strength as a company, and it continues to serve us well in all our efforts.