Fiber Engineer
Brightspeed
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Create and maintain fiber network and conduit designs using GIS/CAD tools such as IQGeo, AutoCAD, and ArcGIS
- Translate survey data and engineering inputs into construction-ready drawings and documentation
- Apply design standards to ensure constructability, safety, and compliance with company requirements
- Review and process construction redlines to generate accurate as-built records
- Validate design-to-build conformance and ensure field updates are captured and recorded promptly
- Serve as the primary technical interface for vendors submitting fiber design packages
- Conduct QA/QC reviews of vendor-provided designs to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with standards
- Identify and resolve discrepancies in design submissions and coordinate acceptance into internal GIS systems
- Maintain centralized, accurate records of all network assets and design versions
- Support data governance efforts by reconciling survey, design, and construction data to ensure accuracy
- Collaborate with Site Survey Engineers, Construction Managers, and Operations teams to confirm build feasibility and accuracy
- Provide design and GIS expertise during project planning, execution, and closeout.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, GIS, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in telecommunications, fiber network design, or utility GIS record management
- Proficiency in geospatial and design software such as IQGeo, AutoCAD, or ArcGIS
- Strong knowledge of fiber network architecture, OSP/ISP design standards, and as-built documentation processes
- Proven experience performing QA/QC on vendor or subcontractor design submittals
- Familiarity with address management and network asset data integrity
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and data management skills
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and version control
- Effective verbal and written communication skills for collaboration with internal teams and external partners.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Paid time off
- 401K plan with company match
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Inclusion and belonging initiatives
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
fiber network designGISCADAutoCADArcGISQA/QCdata managementdesign standardsas-built documentationaddress management
Soft skills
analytical skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailaccuracyversion controlverbal communicationwritten communicationcollaboration