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Scuttlebutt Services, LLC · 1 day ago

Network Software New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer

Richardson, TX, US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$110K/yr - $130K/yr

Scuttlebutt Services, LLC is seeking a Network Software New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer to design, develop, and deliver customer proof of concepts using their technology software. This role requires expertise in optical networking and strong software development skills, operating in an Agile environment to support new product introduction activities.

Staffing & Recruiting

Responsibilities

Design and deliver customer PoCs using our software, including Prism® and netFLEX®

Translate customer acceptance criteria into PoC architectures, automation workflows, and demonstrations

Develop custom automation and integration solutions using Prism® and netFLEX® software

Configure, integrate, and validate optical networks and vendor-specific management/controllers, protocols, and systems, including TAPI, GRPC/gNMI, SNMP, TL1, CORBA, TIRKS, OSS/BSS, NMS, and EMS

Execute PoC work in two-week Agile sprints, managing priorities and meeting delivery timelines

Present PoC outcomes, results, and recommendations to customers and internal stakeholders

Support new product introduction, including documentation review/editing and internal training

Deliver technical training for support, sales, and sales engineering teams

Qualification

Optical networking expertiseSoftware development skillsAutomation skillsCloud experienceContainer skillsRESTful APIsNetwork automation platformsCustomer-facing experienceMLOps experienceOptical vendor certificationsTime management skills

Required

Hands-on experience with Ciena, Nokia, and legacy optical platforms (DWDM, ROADM, Coherent Optics, OTN, Sonet, TDM)

Strong software development and automation skills using Python, Ansible, Terraform

Strong Cloud (GPC/AWS), Virtualization (VMWare, KVM, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, OpenStack), and bare metal experience

Strong Container, Kubernetes, Microservice Architecture skills

Experience with RESTful APIs, TAPI, and new API development

Ability to deliver customer-facing PoCs aligned to acceptance criteria

Strong time management skills and experience working in Agile sprint-based environments

Preferred

Customer-facing experience in pre-sales, professional services, or advanced engineering roles

Experience in multi-vendor optical environments and interoperability

NetOps and DevOps experience in network automation or operations

MLOps experience with core ML/DL concepts, data handling, Python/frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), prompt engineering, AI ethics

AI-assisted code review, identifying security issues, detecting performance bottlenecks, enforcing coding standards, rapid prototyping, refactoring and optimization, generating unit and integration tests

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Optical vendor certifications (e.g., Ciena, Nokia)

Experience with network automation platforms and SDN/NFV concepts

Familiarity with multi-vendor optical environments and network lifecycle management

Company

Scuttlebutt Services, LLC

Scuttlebutt Services, LLC is a veteran owned and operated recruiting agency headquartered in Houston, TX.

Founded in 2018

Cypress, Texas, USA

11-50 employees

https://scuttlebuttsvc.com/

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Leadership Team

Robert Schaffner

Servant Leader (CEO)

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