PCS Sales Engineer, Israel
Field-based sales engineer in Corning's Optical Communications segment, acting as the primary technical interface to NVIDIA in Israel for Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and data center connectivity. Day to day: leading system architecture discussions, driving design-ins and validation, and supporting ramp of FAUs, shuffle boxes, MMC/MTP assemblies, and high-density cabling.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Airport City, IL, 70151
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Physics, or Applied Science
- Minimum 3 years' experience in optical fibers and connectivity
- Direct experience in customer-facing technical roles within data center, networking, optical, or semiconductor environments
- Familiarity with PCS and data center connectivity product portfolios, including optical assemblies, shuffle solutions, and high density cabling architectures
- Experience supporting fast-paced development cycles and large-scale ramp or deployment programs
- Background working with hyperscale data center customers, networking OEMs, or semiconductor companies
- Strong system-level thinking bridging component, interconnect, and platform considerations
- Proven ability to operate in global, matrixed organizations and collaborate across regions and functions
- Excellent communication skills with ability to influence, advise, and build trusted relationships
- Ease with frequent customer interactions at a technical level
- Ability to work independently with little supervision
- Ability to interface and communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, internal and external
- Familiarity with multi-layer physical layer data center network topologies like spine and leaf
- Familiarity with Scale Out, Scale Up, and Scale Across AI network architectures
- Experience using a CRM, especially Salesforce
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, and SharePoint
- Based in Israel
- 50% travel within assigned region
- Willingness to work outside of normal scheduled business hours when necessary
Nice to have
- Master's degree
- PhD
- Layer 2 Networking Certification
- Semiconductor experience
Full description
Requisition Number: 75703
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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.
Role Purpose
Corning is seeking a Sales Engineer to support strategic engagement with NVIDIA, with a primary focus on Co Packaged Optics (CPO) and advanced data center connectivity solutions. This role will partner closely with Corning’s PCS and Data Center Business Unit (DCBU) teams and work directly with NVIDIA engineering and architecture organizations to enable system level design, validation, and large scale deployment of optical connectivity solutions.
Based in Israel, the Sales Engineer plays a highly customer facing role and is critical to accelerating design wins, supporting complex CPO programs, and shaping next generation PCS and data center interconnect solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Customer & System Engagement
- Serve as Corning’s primary field technical interface to NVIDIA engineering and architecture teams in Israel.
- Lead and support system level architecture discussions spanning hardware platforms, CPO implementations, optical connectivity, shuffle boxes, and high density interconnect solutions.
- Engage regularly with customer teams to understand technical requirements, constraints, deployment challenges, and future roadmap direction.
CPO & PCS Technical Leadership
- Support NVIDIA programs involving Co Packaged Optics, including connectivity considerations beyond the package and into the system and rack level.