Company
Corporate Overview
Founded in 2001, Infinera has developed the industry's first large-scale photonic integrated circuit (PIC), which dramatically increases the performance of optical networking by putting 50 optical components on a single chip smaller than a human fingernail, and with ten times the data rate of the lasers used in conventional optical systems.
This innovation is crucial in today's market where we're seeing astronomical increases in internet and IP traffic growth, strained networks, and an overwhelming response to greater technology in the form of heavy consumer demand for IPTV, telco TV, video on demand and internet video and other high-bandwidth applications. Heavy Reading estimates predict an increase in household fiber-optic connectivity from 20 million at the end of 2007 to 89 million by the end of 2012. With the growing challenge of having to provide this greater bandwidth at significantly lower costs, it's easy to see the need for a fresh and innovative approach to the photonics industry. Enter Infinera.
Infinera's solution to this challenge has been the creation of the Infinera DTN. The DTN is an optical networking system that exploits the advantages of the PIC to create a whole new type of optical networking architecture called Digital Optical Networks. This results in significantly greater capacity on every line card, more reconfigurable options, higher network intelligence, and much faster installation and deployment times at cost levels significantly below those of conventional systems.
This advance is significant, but we don't like to rest on our achievements. We need to keep advancing technology, searching for better solutions and developing more innovative ways to accomplish our goals. This means finding and hiring the most talented and brilliant team that we can put together. Working among a stellar group of colleagues, you'll have an opportunity to become an integral part of the unprecedented growth and active technological advancement that the optical networking market will see in the coming years.
Market Success
Our success isn't due to luck. It has to do with our efforts to aggressively hire only the best and brightest minds working in the optical networking industry and related fields and connects them up with some of the most highly advanced and technologically important projects yet encountered.
With one of the most successful technology IPOs of recent years, Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) has developed and brought to the market innovations at every level of optical system design. At a time when the Internet has entered an exciting new growth phase, we've gathered a broad array of skills and talents and put them to work to deliver the future of optical networking. Lead by Infinera's founders, all major figures in the optical systems and components business, Infinera's engineering team consists of more than 300 engineers in the U.S. and India, with expertise in photonics, optical components, ASIC design, system design and software design.
Major U.S. and global networks have taken notice. Our innovation has helped us win market share leadership, accounting for more than 40% of the shipments of 10Gb/s long-haul DWDM ports worldwide, according to data from independent market analysts Dell'Oro Group. The significant advantages that Digital Optical Networks and photonic integration bring to our clients are clearly evidenced by our rapid rise to first place in this key market segment.
The ability of photonic integration to pack an ever-growing number of devices, and exponentially greater performance, on a chip means that optical networking systems can scale to accommodate the rapid growth of Internet traffic worldwide. In a major cover story, FibreSystems Europe commented: "Infinera's PICs are the optical industry's sole example to date of Moore's Law-style progress."
Our unique approach is evidenced through our manufacturing innovations and techniques. With the construction of our own semiconductor fabrication facility at its Sunnyvale, California headquarters, we've effectively streamlined our operations by shortening the development process from concept to manufacturing and minimizing time spent between facilities.
For people interested in a career with Infinera, this means that we offer many manufacturing-related positions alongside our Engineering ones. Often, employees from Engineering and Fabrications will work together, so when issues need to be worked out, they have direct access to the people who designed the product. This collaborative approach strengthens the lines of communication within Infinera and changes the ways our employees work together to deliver outstanding success.
We recognize and celebrate the commitment of each and every team member that has worked hard to make our success a reality, driving the key innovations to enable the new Internet, and we're ready to welcome new ideas, innovations and candidates at every step of the way.
© 2010 Infinera Corporation.