Hardware Engineer - Optics

Hardware Engineer - Optics

This role has been designed as ''Onsite' with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

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Job Description:

Overview :

HPE Networking is seeking a talented and experienced Optical Hardware Engineer to join its Optical Engineering team in Sunnyvale, CA.

This individual will be a subject matter expert in 100G/400G/800G/1.6T pluggable optical/electrical transceiver and cable assembly interconnects and be responsible for module level specifications and test verification across HPE's switching, routing and security platforms.

Location: This is a hybrid position working up to 3 days in a lab in our Sunnyvale, Cal.

office.

Responsibilities:


* Develop pluggable optical/electrical transceiver and cable assembly specifications and requirements based on industry standards and MSAs, e.g.

IEEE, OIF, SNIA SFF.


* Engage with optics transceiver vendors on HPE's optics transceiver specifications and requirements for optical product definition.


* Creates optics module test plans to address verification requirements.


* Builds test stations using optical and electrical test equipment.


* Creates test automation software to execute tests and store results in database.


* Conducts performance characterization and qualification tests.


* Develop software to process data and distill results.

Generate test reports.


* Work closely with Signal Integrity, System Hardware and Software engineering teams with optics integration in HPE routing/switching/security systems.


* Support HPE Customer Service teams with pluggable optics failure root cause analysis.


* Support external optics certification and interoperability with 3rd party networking equipment.

Requirements:


* Bachelor's Degree along with 5 years of optical transceiver module specification and test experience.

Experience in hardware board design is highly desirable


* Demonstrated knowledge and experience testing state of the art 100G/400G/800G modules per current optical IEEE standards and MSA specifications.


* Must have comprehensive knowledge of optical equipment, electrical equipment, and automation software used in the testing of optical modules and interfaces.


* Ability to work on several projects sim...