Head of High-Speed Digital & Optical Solutions

Teradyne; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Health benefits

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Teradyne in North Reading, MA, is seeking an Engineering Manager for High-Speed Digital & Optical Solutions. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and act as the primary technical interface for strategic customers through the solution lifecycle.

You will guide measurement strategies, collaborate across R&D, product management, sales, validation, and manufacturing to accelerate time-to-market and reduce risk. Strong leadership and deep SI/PI expertise are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in applications engineering, design validation, product engineering, manufacturing test, or solution development involving high-speed digital and/or optical technologies.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, programs, or complex cross‑functional engineering initiatives.
• Strong understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, channel characterization, and compliance methodologies.
• Deep knowledge of PAM4, NRZ, equalization techniques, jitter analysis, BER measurements, and channel modeling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for applications, validation, characterization, and solution development while setting technical direction, priorities, and resource plans.
• Develop advanced validation and characterization solutions for optical transceivers from 400G through 1.6T and beyond, Silicon Photonics, CPO and NPO, AI accelerator interconnects, Ethernet, InfiniBand, DDR5, DDR6, HBM, and CXL.
• Collaborate with strategic customers, architects, R&D leaders, validation engineers, and manufacturing teams to understand requirements and resolve complex technical challenges from evaluation through production ramp.
• Build reusable measurement methodologies and integrated workflows for signal integrity, power integrity, channel characterization, jitter, eye-diagram analysis, BER validation, compliance testing, automation, and data analytics.
• Support sales engagements, proof-of-concept evaluations, competitive benchmarking, demonstrations, and strategic design wins that expand Teradyne’s footprint within key accounts.
• Partner with product management and R&D to translate customer requirements and market trends into product-roadmap input, beta validation, and feature-prioritization feedback.
• Mentor team members, support hiring and onboarding, strengthen technical capabilities, and foster an inclusive culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure Teradyne maintains industry leadership by monitoring emerging standards, representing the company at technical forums and customer events, and developing application notes, articles, webinars, and conference presentations.

Skills

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Channel characterization

PAM4

NRZ

Jitter analysis

BER measurements

Education

Electrical/Electronics/Ph optics degree (BSc/MSc/PhD)

Tools

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

VNAs

Optical spectrum analyzers

Power meters

Job description

Teradyne in North Reading, MA, is seeking an Engineering Manager for High-Speed Digital & Optical Solutions. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and act as the primary technical interface for strategic customers through the solution lifecycle.

You will guide measurement strategies, collaborate across R&D, product management, sales, validation, and manufacturing to accelerate time-to-market and reduce risk. Strong leadership and deep SI/PI expertise are required.