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From the employer's careers site First seen 2 Nov 2026

Optical Hardware Engineer

Salary

Annual Salary USD 135,500 - 275,000

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Description

HPE is seeking an Optical Hardware Engineer to join its Optical Engineering team in Sunnyvale, CA. The successful candidate will perform optics hardware testing and sustaining engineering on qualifying optics testing, including module level specifications and test verification across HPE's switching, routing, and security platforms.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop pluggable optical/electrical transceiver and cable assembly specifications and requirements based on industry standards and MSAs.
  • Engage with optical transceiver suppliers on HPE's specifications and requirements for optical product definition.
  • Create optical transceiver test plans to address verification requirements.
  • Build test stations using optical and electrical test equipment.
  • Create test automation to execute testing and store results.
  • Conduct performance characterization and qualification testing.
  • Develop software to process data, distill results, and 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:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of optical transceiver module specification and test experience.
  • Experience in hardware board design is highly desirable.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in optical testing modules per current optical IEEE standards and MSA specifications.
  • Must have 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: 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.

Skills

Required

  • optical transceiver module specification
  • test experience
  • hardware board design
  • optical testing modules
  • IEEE standards
  • MSA specifications
  • automation software
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