The application window is expected to close on 03/17/2025

The Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This position will be required to work on-site from the Maynard, MA location.

Meet the Team

Acacia is a Cisco company that takes pride in providing and fostering a collaborative environment to ensure success and personal growth. You will work with other Acacia quality and reliability technical team members to conduct reliability tests, analyze data, and collaborate on understanding product performance and reliability through DFR analysis. Our small team of reliability engineers and technical leaders significantly impacted product release and qualification and improved product design through reliability testing while working in an agile and efficient environment where every member respects each other's talents and personhood.

Your Impact

The Reliability Test Engineer is responsible for driving the qualification of optical transceiver products by defining the reliability requirements and test conditions based on industry standards on new products.

Schedule and implement the reliability and qualification tests of optical components and subsystems used in optical communications.

Maintain the Reliability of lab infrastructure and test equipment, verify the correct execution of the tests per relevant standards, and maintain accurate logs for all testing performed.

Work with engineering, manufacturing, and an external test house to conduct reliability tests, collect test results and be closely involved in data and failure analyses.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related field (mechanical, electrical, or optical engineering preferred) with 4 years of related experience or Master's with 2 years of experience.

Experience working in a lab environment with either electrical or optical test equipment, thermal chambers, or semiconductor testing

Experience in either of those: JMP, Excel, Python, or Labview user

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in optical transceivers and/or semiconductors

Experience in Telcordia and/or IEEE/ANSI qualification standards for optical devices and semiconductor assemblies

Experience working with external labs for qualification testing

Experience in test, quality, and reliability engineering for optical communications components and systems

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