Optical Engineer

Job Title: Optical Engineer
Location: Santa Clara, CA

Project Details: Our Client is a leading cloud networking company. This team is the Electrical Design Validation Testing team, responsible for ensuring functionality of electrical components of the client’s products. This role will be responsible for writing software scripts that automate the testing of products, and supports the Design Verification team with testing: 60% of time spent testing, other 40% programming/writing scripts.

Must Have Skills:

• 2-5+ years experience in hardware/electrical validation
  • Networking background – Cisco/Juniper; Electronics/Devices/Storage/etc.)
  • SMBus/PCIE knowledge (protocol device on the system that communicates with different peripherals, this is related to Electrical Engineering)
  • Experience working with PCBs-printed circuit boards
  • Hardware experience required example: Debugging FRUs (optics, DAC, power supplies, etc.), lab experience with electrical test equipment (Keysight DCA, Chroma power meters)
• Strong experience configuring systems with optics tuning and analyzing signal integrity using an oscilloscope
• Experience working with 4-5 projects at the same time
• Experience working in Linux environments (Unix/Windows ok)
• Strong hardware testing experience (understands test plans, test scripts, process, etc.)
• Experience writing automation scripts (Python preferred; Shell/TCL/Except ok)
  • Need to have proven experience creating scripts from scratch that connect various servers/devices together, not just modifying single lines of code
  • Fundamental knowledge of OOP and data analytics libraries (Pandas, Numpy, Matplotlib)
  • Python is used to automate hardware testing
• Excellent knowledge of complex system level debugging and root cause analysis (i.e. understanding interrelated components working together in hardware and finding the issue that is causing an error)
• Ability to carry and move 15-30 pounds (for transporting/handling large systems/hardware)
• B.S. Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Nice to have skills:

• Experience in Telnet/SSH – a way to connect to computers/servers remotely
• Experience with PCB schematics and board layout

Additional details:

• EDVT Team is 10 other engineers of both hardware/software expertise.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Perform Electrical Design Verification Tests (EDVT)
• Travel to lab and configure electrical test equipment. Analyze signal integrity and configure with optics tuning.
• Develop and execute system and component level test plans
• Develop and execute Python test scripts to perform EDVT
• Support sustaining qualification
• Perform optics tuning-test the signal integrity of cables
• Find and resolve EDVT issues early in the development cycle by actively working with the diagnostic and hardware design teams
• Closely interface/engage with cross functional product teams (HW, SW, NPIE, MFG, PM) to address any EDVT dependencies to meet the project milestones

TSG is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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