Optical Hardware Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA.) This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE. Job Description: HPE is seeking Optical Hardware Engineer to join its Optical Engineering team in our Sunnyvale, CA. office. This individual will perform optics hardware testing and sustaining engineering on qualifying optics testing. This will be module level specifications and test verification across HPE’s switching, routing and security platforms Location: Sunnyvale, CA office on a hybrid basis of up to 3 days in the office per week. Responsibilities: Develop pluggable optical/electrical transceiver and cable assembly specifications and requirements based on industry standards and MSAs, e.g. IEEE, OIF, SNIA SFF. Engage with optical transceiver suppliers on HPE’s specifications and requirements for optical product definition. Create optical transceiver test plans to address verification requirements. Build test stations using optical and electrical test equipment. Create test automation to execute testing and store results. Conduct performance characterization and qualification testing. Develop software to process data, distill results and generate test reports. Work closely with Signal Integrity, System Hardware and Software engineering teams with optics integration in HPE routing/switching/security systems. Support HPE Customer Service teams with pluggable optics failure root cause analysis. Support external optics certification and interoperability with 3rd party networking equipment. Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience. 2 + years of optical transceiver module specification and test experience. Experience in hardware board design is highly desirable. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in optical testing modules per current optical IEEE standards and MSA specifications. Must have knowledge of optical equipment, electrical equipment, and automation software used in the testing of optical modules and interfaces. Ability to work on several projects simultaneously in a multidisciplinary team environment. Strong interpersonal skills working in a mutually supportive team environment. Must possess written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly process and present test results. What We Can Offer You: Health & Wellbeing We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing. Personal & Professional Development We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division. Unconditional Inclusion We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. 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