Acacia Communications Inc., a leader in innovative client optics and coherent technology, is seeking an 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.
Requirements
- 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.
- 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.
Other
- Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience or equivalent experience.
- Occasional international and domestic travel (approximately 5–10%) may be required to support customer development activities and collaborate with internal Cisco teams.
- This is an onsite position and will be required to work from the Holmdel, NJ office.
