# Optics Engineer II (Co-op) - United States

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Maynard, Massachusetts
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Salary**: $44,000.00 - $185,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Cisco's Optics team designs groundbreaking optical systems that power the internet and support global connectivity.

You will play a critical role in verifying the performance of coherent transceivers to ensure they meet stringent industry standards across various environments.

In this role, you will:

- Support design verification testing (DVT) of coherent transceivers.

- Develop calibration and test procedures for consistent transceiver performance.

- Create methods, scripts, and software for transmitter/receiver control loops.

- Monitor performance metrics related to power levels and signal estimation.

**Minimum Qualifications**

- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (Associate's or Bachelor's) with 2 years of work experience; or a Master's degree program with 0 years of work experience.

- Qualifying education should be in physics, electrical engineering, or a related field.

- Expected to continue enrollment in degree program following completion of the internship.

- Previous experience with optical system principles, design verification, or signal estimation in an academic, project, or professional capacity.

- Proficiency in Python programming, demonstrated by the use of libraries for data analysis or test automation.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- Practical usage of lab environments and optical testing equipment such as oscilloscopes or power meters.

- Foundational knowledge of coherent transceiver architectures or various modulation formats.

- Familiarity with building software control loops or implementing signal processing concepts.

- Experience using data analysis toolkits to visualize and report on performance monitoring results.

- Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally on technical documentation.

**Benefits**

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution

- Paid parental leave

- Short and long-term disability coverage

- Basic life insurance

- Paid time away (10 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, 80 hours of sick time off)

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- optical system principles
- design verification
- signal estimation
- physics
- electrical engineering

### Nice to have
- lab environments
- optical testing equipment
- coherent transceiver architectures
- modulation formats
- software control loops
- signal processing concepts
- data analysis toolkits

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