Optical Test Engineer

Valtix • Holmdel, NJ

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About The Position

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. 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. 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Quality medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life insurance.
• Numerous wellbeing offerings.
• Up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, including one floating holiday.
• Vacation time off accrued at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for non-exempt employees.
• Flexible Vacation Time Off policy for exempt employees.
• Sick Time Off policy with 80 hours provided on hire date and annually thereafter.
• Paid time away for critical or emergency issues.
• Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees