# Director, Client Optics Group

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: Carlsbad, California
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $220,900.00 to $291,500.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Director will lead a high-performance engineering design team in the US and India for Cisco's Client Optics Group (COG), driving the development of optical transceivers for COG's silicon-photonics-based transceiver chipsets and modules.

Key responsibilities include:

- Evaluating Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs) and providing timely responses on approach, timeline, and feasibility for new product concepts.

- Participating in Cisco's product lifecycle (PLC) process, including Concept Commits (CCs), Engineering Commits (ECs), and other important PLC milestones.

- Developing and maintaining program schedules and resource plans with the COG Program Management Team.

- Driving the adoption of AI tools to enhance productivity, quality, and development speed.

- Overseeing the design, development, delivery, and documentation of electronics ICs and chipsets.

- Ensuring the Analog Design team follows best engineering practices in development, custom layout, simulation, validation/characterization, and documentation of optical transceiver designs.

- Applying analytics and AI/ML to optimize test strategies and improve test coverage.

- Partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure multi-functional alignment and successful program delivery.

- Fostering a collaborative, innovative, accountable, and inclusive culture across global teams.

- Mentoring and developing high-performing teams with continuous learning in silicon development and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years of experience in high-speed electronics, management of global teams, and an advanced degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.

## Skills

### Required
- Mixed-signal/analog electronics
- Digital signal processors (DSP)
- Optical/photonic ICs
- High-speed SERDES
- Signal & power integrity
- Advanced packaging
- PLL/clock domains
- Power distribution
- Silicon diagnostics
- Electrical, optical, and co-simulation applications
- Silicon validation and test equipment

### Nice to have
- Advanced understanding of silicon manufacturing processes
- Photonics development leadership
- Automation
- Optical transceiver silicon and module architecture
- MSA standards
- IEEE 802.3 ethernet specifications

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