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Join Acacia’s Hardware team as a senior hardware engineer and play a pivotal role in the lifecycle of cutting-edge optical interconnect products, contributing to innovations in 400G, 800G, and 1.2T technologies. You will lead the design and validation of new hardware, leveraging your expertise in telecommunications and high-speed electro-optical systems to solve complex business challenges. Your responsibilities include championing technical solutions for verification and issue resolution, mentoring peers, and collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams including software, optics, and DSP engineering. Ideal candidates possess extensive experience with transmission line theory, high-efficiency DC-DC power converters, analog/RF simulation tools like LTSpice and ADS, PCB layout tools such as VxDesigner and Allegro, and debugging skills using advanced test equipment. Knowledge of optical components, digital control loops, and Python is preferred, making this role ideal for those passionate about pushing the boundaries of bandwidth and power efficiency in telecommunications hardware.
LTspice
Spice
TI WorkBench
Cadence Allegro
DxDesigner
AC Power Integrity Simulation
DC Power Integrity Simulation
High efficiency DC-DC power conversion
Phase and gain margins
Power supply layout
Thermal design rules
Multi-phase power delivery
Ultra-low noise power delivery
Power-up sequencing
PCB layout techniques
Grounding techniques
Low noise etch techniques
Technical presentation skills