Systems Application Engineer (SAE)

The job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

We are looking for candidates who can work out of the San Jose office location or from the West Coast to support clients in the PST.

Occasional travel may be required.

Join the Acacia team, which takes pride in providing and fostering a collaborative environment to ensure success and personal growth. The Acacia Communications team designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G, 1T bit speed and beyond fiber optic transmission market deployed in data centers, metros, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul telecommunication networks. You will collaborate with our entire R&D teams (e.g., DSP, ASIC, Optics, Software, Photonics, and Hardware)

• You will be a member of the SAE team working to support all coherent and non-coherent products.
• Work closely with our customers' internal R&D teams to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction with our highly complex, coherent optical products.
• Influence future product feature development and current product modifications.
• Provide technical guidance, educate, and partner with our customers to ensure successful application of Acacia products.
• Work closely with Technical Marketing to provide vital technical information about our customers' use cases and system needs.
• Advocate and communicate internally for customer product needs and standard-based features.
• Author application notes, product specifications, and Python scripts; contribute to technical presentations and marketing documents.
• Provide full life cycle technical support for Acacia products in HW and SW, including future roadmap discussions, alpha sample test support, host card development, system verification, and field issue resolution.
• Enabling our customers and partners to ensure their successful development and deployment of next-generation telecom systems for carriers, network operators, and data centers.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer science or optical engineering with 6+ years of experience in optical communications, Master's degree with 4+ years of experience, or a PhD with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience in OTN or optical network
• Experience in Ethernet technologies

• Coding/scripting experience (e.g., C++, Python, and JSON).
• Direct experience with electrical transceiver applications, including backplane and cable communications

#WeAreCisco, where every individual brings unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection-we celebrate our employees' diverse backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company and many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to give their best and be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together; our people are at the heart of that. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer-80 hours each year-allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you with us!