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Cisco Systems is the world''s leading networking technology company, designing and manufacturing networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and cybersecurity solutions for businesses and governments. Industry: Networking Technology & Cybersecurity
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The Optical Hardware Systems Test Engineer joins the ASIC Engineering team to validate and ensure the quality of next-generation networking platforms, including switches, routers, and data center systems. Working in a lab environment, you will lead the bring-up, validation, and characterization of Silicon One ASICs integrated with high-speed optical transceivers and emerging Co-Packaged Optics architectures. You will measure electro-optic channels across 112G/224G PAM4 SerDes links while evaluating eye quality, bit error rates, and link margins. To automate test workflows and control equipment like oscilloscopes, BERTs, and spectrum analyzers, you will develop scripts using Python or C/C++. The role involves solving complex signal integrity issues and performing stress testing across temperature and voltage corners to ensure stability for high-speed networking infrastructure. Key technical domains include Ethernet standards, PCIe, and advanced optical link budgets.
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