Hardware Engineer - Optics

Optical Hardware Engineer

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description

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. This is a hybrid position working out of our Sunnyvale, CA. office up to 2 days per week.

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:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of optical transceiver module specification and test experience. Experience in testing pluggable optics in switching and routing system platforms highly desirable.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience testing state of the art pluggable optics modules per current optical IEEE standards and industry 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 simultaneously in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills working in a mutually supportive team environment.
• Must possess written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly process and present test results.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing: We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development: We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion: We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.