System Design Engineer

Overview

Join Ranovus as a System Designer

Location: Nuremberg, Germany

Company: Ranovus – Innovating the Future of Data Center Connectivity

Team: System Design Team

About Us : At Ranovus, we’re powering the next generation of data center infrastructure with cutting-edge fiber-optic communication technologies. With operations in Ottawa (Canada), Nuremberg (Germany), and San Jose (USA), we’re on a mission to deliver high-performance solutions that reduce environmental impact through lower power consumption.

What You’ll Do

As a System Design Engineer at Ranovus, you will model and analyze complex optical and electrical transmission systems to optimize performance and reliability. This role involves system-level design, simulation, and validation of high-speed interconnect solutions for next-generation data center and networking applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop system-level models of optical and electrical transmission systems using MATLAB or similar tools.
• Perform link budget analysis, signal integrity studies, and evaluate system performance under various conditions.
• Simulate impairments and noise sources to predict real-world behavior and optimize design parameters.
• Collaborate with ASIC, photonics, and hardware teams to define system architecture and interface requirements.
• Analyze trade-offs between power, bandwidth, latency, and cost for different design approaches.
• Support system validation and characterization, correlating simulation results with lab measurements.
• Document modeling methodologies, assumptions, and results for internal and external stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in MATLAB for system modeling and simulation.
• Solid understanding of optical communication principles, high-speed electrical signaling, and transmission line theory.
• Knowledge of link budgets, BER analysis, and modulation formats.
• Familiarity with signal integrity concepts (jitter, crosstalk, insertion loss).
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and communicate technical concepts clearly.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with photonic components (lasers, modulators, detectors) and their integration into systems.
• Exposure to ASIC design flow and high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet).
• Knowledge of simulation tools beyond MATLAB (e.g., Python, Simulink, ADS).

Why Ranovus?

Because we don’t just build chips—we build the future. Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and impact.