# Optical Engineering Intern

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Sunnyvale, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: Hourly Salary USD 35.00 - 41.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a motivated Optical Engineering Intern to support the development, testing, and automation of next-generation optical networking solutions.

The successful candidate will work alongside experienced engineers and contribute to projects supporting 400G, 800G, and emerging 1.6T optical products.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and maintain automated test solutions using Python, LabVIEW, and related tools.

- Support Design Verification Testing (DVT) and characterization of optical transceivers and networking hardware.

- Assist with optical module performance testing, data analysis, and report generation.

- Contribute to firmware validation and testing activities for active electrical loopback (ELB) modules and related hardware platforms.

- Explore and develop AI-based tools and agents to improve engineering workflows, data analysis, and productivity.

- Analyze test results, identify issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive resolution.

Education & Experience:

- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field.

- Experience through coursework, co-op terms, personal projects, or research in software development, hardware testing, or networking technologies.

- Exposure to laboratory environments, automation, or embedded systems is an asset.

Knowledge & Skills:

- Programming experience in Python; familiarity with LabVIEW is a plus.

- Understanding of basic networking concepts and communication protocols.

- Interest in optical communications, fiber-optic systems, or high-speed digital design.

- Familiarity with scripting, data analysis, and test automation methodologies.

- Exposure to firmware, embedded systems, or hardware debugging is beneficial.

- Knowledge of AI/ML tools, LLMs, or agent-based workflows is an asset.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced engineering environment.

What You'll Gain:

- Hands-on experience with industry-leading optical networking products.

- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies including coherent optics, 800G/1.6T networking, automation, firmware validation, and AI-enabled engineering workflows.

- Mentorship from experienced optical, hardware, firmware, and software engineers.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- LabVIEW
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Physics
- software development
- hardware testing
- networking technologies

### Nice to have
- AI/ML tools
- LLMs
- agent-based workflows
- firmware
- embedded systems
- hardware debugging

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