Optical Engineering Technical Leader
Pubblicato il 18-10-2026 - Cisco Systems in Vimercate
Overview
Join Cisco as an Optical Engineer within a Center of Excellence that drives photonic innovation. You will design, test, and validate advanced optical transmission systems, collaborating across global teams to accelerate product releases. You will translate requirements into robust architectures, select and integrate photonic components, and address complex technical challenges for field deployments.
This role offers exposure to cutting-edge laboratories and partnerships, with a direct impact on Cisco's optical portfolio and cloud-scale networks.
Responsabilità
- Translate product requirements into technical design specifications and own end-to-end design, testing, and validation of optical transmission systems and subsystems
- Drive medium-to-large technical features from concept to completion by selecting and integrating active and passive photonic components for optimal link performance
- Lead multi-functional engineering initiatives spanning global teams to align on business needs, ensure quality standards, and accelerate product release
- Analyze lab testing outcomes to identify root causes and implement innovative solutions for field deployments and next-generation designs
Requisiti fondamentali
- Hands-on laboratory experience performing optical measurements, characterization, and validation using standard optical test instrumentation
- Experience managing or collaborating with external manufacturing partners (ODM/JDM vendors) or component suppliers
- Proficiency in English (written and spoken) for international collaboration
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Telecommunications, or related technical subject area
- Proactive technical leadership
- Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis
- Cross-functional collaboration across time zones
- Coherent optical engines and advanced transceivers
- Multi-channel optical line system architectures
- Collaboration with firmware and software teams to translate sub-system behaviors into system-level control features