Field Applications Engineer: High-Speed Data Center Optics

MultiLane Test Products; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

MultiLane Test Products (MLTP), a Teradyne affiliate, seeks an Applications Engineer to bridge customers and product teams, enabling evaluation, deployment, and production use of high‑speed electrical and optical test solutions.

You will lead technical discovery, support proof‑of-concepts, develop test plans, and coordinate with Sales, Engineering, and Quality to deliver robust solutions across time zones. Travel to customer sites as needed.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Photonics, or related field.
• 2+ years in applications engineering, systems engineering, or customer-facing product support.
• Hands-on experience with high-speed serial or optical test and measurement.
• Ability to automate instruments using Python and interfaces such as SCPI, REST APIs, Ethernet, or USB.
• Excellent presentation, documentation, troubleshooting, and customer management skills.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery, demonstrations, evaluations, proof-of-concept activities, installations, training, and production ramp support.
• Translate customer devices, standards, test coverage, throughput, automation, and correlation needs into practical system configurations and test methods.
• Develop application notes, scripts, reference setups, test plans, troubleshooting guides, and reusable demonstrations.
• Debug customer issues across instruments, fixtures, DUTs, software, firmware, networks, and automation environments; drive ownership and closure.
• Coordinate with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Service, and Quality on opportunities, escalations, enhancement requests, and field learnings.
• Support pre-sales solution definition and estimates for configuration, integration, engineering effort, risk, and acceptance criteria.
• Capture competitive observations and voice-of-customer input while protecting confidential information.
• Travel to customer and partner sites as needed, including occasional international travel, and provide remote support across time zones.

Skills

Technical presentation

Documentation

Troubleshooting

Customer management

Python automation

SCPI

REST APIs

Ethernet

USB

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

SCPI

REST APIs

Job description

MultiLane Test Products (MLTP), a Teradyne affiliate, seeks an Applications Engineer to bridge customers and product teams, enabling evaluation, deployment, and production use of high‑speed electrical and optical test solutions.

You will lead technical discovery, support proof‑of-concepts, develop test plans, and coordinate with Sales, Engineering, and Quality to deliver robust solutions across time zones. Travel to customer sites as needed.