Senior Optical ASIC Test Engineer – High‑Speed SerDes

020 Cisco Systems, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Vor Ort; USD 168.000 - 245.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks an ASIC Optical Hardware Systems Test Engineer to validate and ensure quality of next‑generation networking platforms, including switches, routers, and data center systems.

You’ll lead hands-on bring-up, validation, and characterization of Silicon One ASICs integrated with high‑speed optical transceivers and CPO/NPO engines, evaluating eye quality and BER across 112G/224G links.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Photonics, Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
• Hands-on lab bring-up, validation, and hardware testing of high-speed networking systems or electro-optic hardware.
• Strong knowledge of optical transceivers, SerDes, and eye/BER testing.
• Experience with lab instruments: VNAs, TDR, oscilloscopes, BERTs, optical power meters, spectrum analyzers.

Aufgaben

• Lead hands-on bring-up, validation, and characterization of Silicon One ASICs with high-speed optical transceivers and CPO/NPO engines.
• Validate 112G/224G PAM4 SerDes channels, DCI, and Co-Packaged Optics architectures.
• Develop and maintain Python, C/C++ scripts to control lab equipment and automate tests.
• Perform system stress testing across temperature, voltage, and traffic corners.
• Debug and root-cause hardware, signal integrity, and optical-link issues during bring-up.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams from early silicon bring-up to production release.

Kenntnisse

Lab bring-up

System-level validation

Hardware testing

Optical transceivers

High-speed SerDes

Bit error rate testing

Python scripting

Instrument control

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical engineering, Photonics, Computer Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

VNAs

TDR

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

Optical power meters

Spectrum analyzers

Jobbeschreibung

Cisco Systems, Inc. seeks an ASIC Optical Hardware Systems Test Engineer to validate and ensure quality of next‑generation networking platforms, including switches, routers, and data center systems.

You’ll lead hands-on bring-up, validation, and characterization of Silicon One ASICs integrated with high‑speed optical transceivers and CPO/NPO engines, evaluating eye quality and BER across 112G/224G links.