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Cisco Systems, Inc.

Optical Test Engineer

Cisco Systems, Inc., Holmdel, New Jersey, us, 07733

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The application window is expected to close on 10/18/25. Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This is an onsite position and will be required to work from the Holmdel, NJ office. Occasional international and domestic travel (approximately 5-10%) may be required to support customer development activities and collaborate with internal Cisco teams.

Meet the Team Acacia Communications Inc., a leader in innovative client optics and coherent technology, is currently seeking a Optical Test Engineer to design and run automated testing of Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) devices, assist development teams with design specifications, and improve production yields.

Your Impact As part of the Acacia/Cisco Device Verification Test team, you will work closely with experts in integrated silicon photonics, optical packaging, ASIC development, and operations." Your contributions will help deliver ground breaking, high-yield, high-throughput processes across Acacia/Cisco's portfolio of optoelectronic components and modules. Partner with RF,

silicon photonics, digital signal processing (DSP), and module design

teams to debug and support the bring-up of new photonic integrated

circuits (PICs) and modules during new product introduction. Develop test

algorithms and calibration procedures to ensure product performance and

quality. Define and

implement comprehensive design verification test plans. Prepare and

maintain detailed design verification documentation. Provide support

for PIC-level failure analysis and solving.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelors + 7

years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience,

or PhD + 1 year of related experience or equivalent experience. Experience working

with fiber optic components as well as test and measurement equipment

commonly used in telecommunications and optical networking. Experience in one

or more areas such as high bandwidth radio frequency measurements,

Electro-Optical (EO) and Opto-Electrical (OE) testing, digital signal

processing (DSP) algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications: Knowledge of

optical communications, including Pulse Amplitude Modulation 4-level

(PAM4) and coherent optical communications Knowledge of

software and test automation e.g. Python Knowledge of

Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) and Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)

operation and controls Experience with

JMP or similar data analysis software C++, Matlab

programming and VPI modeling experience

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