Optical - Hardware Test Development Engineer

Benefits

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Verification

Not verified checked Jun 13, 2026

Salary

$169K-$241K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

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Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Mid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Work mode

Hybrid From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

2 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Weekend work

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Company

Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Equity

Offered Verified - SEC 10-K source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Optical - Hardware Test Development Engineer 2 Locations The application window is expected to close on: 05/31/2026 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received . This position will be Hybrid from our San Jose, CA office location. Meet the Team This team crafts manufacturing test solutions for cutting-edge Optical Transceiver products. We are at the very crossroads between Engineering development, Program Management, and Contract Manufacturing and thus in a unique position to influence cross-functional strategy through our expertise and innovation. We're a high-performance team with high transparency, high expectations, and a strong track record of successes. Your Impact Drawing from your industry experience, you'll lead NPI test development of assigned optical transceiver products through their lifecycle from engineering samples to sustaining mode both as a technical leader and individual contributor. You'll be an effective cross-communicator to outside teams, and a patient mentor for junior Test Engineers. Job duties and responsibilities: Validation, characterization, and production test development of optical Transceiver products. Involvement in initial phases of NPI/design to drive DFT/DFM to meet yield/improve test coverage goals. Influence decisions affecting architecture, calibration, test flow and design-for-test during product design phase. Work cross functionally with marketing, design, quality assurance, product and applications engineering teams. Work with Product Engineering to monitor/sustain current product flow in production with offshore contract manufacturing ensuring that cost, delivery and yield goals are met. Collect and condense data from characterization, quality and production tests, analyze statistics,

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