Hardware Engineering Technical Leader - Acacia; hybrid

Acacia Hardware Team Lead

This position is required to be onsite in Maynard, MA and in office three days a week.

Acacia, now a part of Cisco, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products. We are the architects behind the technology that transforms how data centers, cloud providers, and service providers connect. By pioneering breakthroughs in Silicon Photonics and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Acacia is shrinking complex, power-hungry optical systems into high-performance, pluggable modules that scale the internet for the future.

As part of the Acacia team, you will contribute to innovation on the cutting edge of 400G, 800G, and 1.2T technologies. We are a group of innovators dedicated to solving the world's most difficult bandwidth and power-efficiency challenges. If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of physics and engineering to build a faster, more connected world, Acacia is where you belong.

You will be key member of Acacia's Hardware team and lead the hardware life cycle of our products. You will work within a multi-disciplinary Hardware, Software, Optics, and DSP engineering organization.

In this role, you will:

• Champion the innovation, architecture, specification, design, and validation of new hardware
• Apply your strong depth and breadth of expertise in telecommunications and high-speed electro-optical transmission systems to resolve complex business problems.
• Serve as a technical expert on verification, and issue resolution approach and coordinate with appropriate stakeholders to integrate changes into hardware design lifecycle.
• Lead, mentor, and influences other engineers within the HW and other organization

• Bachelor's degree to include a minimum of 12+ years of relevant industry experience
• Experience with transmission line theory and effects (micro strip, strip line, CPW, etc.)
• Experience with high-efficiency DC-DC power converters
• Experience with analog/RF simulation tools (e.g. LTSpice®, ADS®)
• Experience with VxDesigner®, Allegro® PCB and/or SiP Layout tools
• Experience with PCB layout and constraint management tools to guide layout for high speed signaling (above 50+ GHz)
• Experience with debugging and lab skills including working with innovative test equipment

• Masters or advanced degree
• Experience with Power Integrity (PI) simulations and tools
• Knowledge of optical components (lasers, modulators, detectors, DWDM technologies, etc.)
• Understanding and implementing digital control loops and DSP functions
• Knowledge of Python

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

The starting salary range posted for this position is $ to $ and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to…