Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Drive test development for new and existing optical product designs. Create and execute comprehensive validation plans, ensuring full coverage and quality adherence. Collaborate with optics leads.
Provide technical leadership to the team, optimizing validation methodologies, improving lab and testing processes, and ensuring alignment and leadership with the industry.
Develop automated test scripts, debug hardware/software issues for switch/router/transport platforms. Analyze, troubleshoot, root cause field failures of optical transceiver modules. Drive issues to closure and implement preventive measures.
Install, test, repair, and validate new and existing hardware and fiber connections. Maintain lab infrastructure, manage equipment, and troubleshoot field failures, ensuring a functional (R&D) environment. Organize data to maintain and improve validation process.
Communicate status updates to cross-functional teams and leadership. Report bugs and drive corrective action with external suppliers and internal development teams.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of experience in hardware engineering working on optical transceiver components.
3 years of experience in technical leadership.
Experience testing, debugging, and troubleshooting hardware.
Preferred qualifications
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
12 years of experience in hardware engineering working on optical transceiver components.
Experience with Linux/Unix and lab test automation frameworks.
Experience with data center optical transceiver standards.
Experience providing technical leadership to large cross-functional teams on complex optical technologies.
Understanding of wafer-level or chip-level probe testing or optical lab automation and scripting (e.g., Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW).
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a specialized field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of experience in hardware engineering working on optical transceiver components.
3 years of experience in technical leadership.
Experience testing, debugging, and troubleshooting hardware.
