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Hardware Engineering Technical Leader - Acacia (hybrid)
$151K–$282K
Maynard, Massachusetts, US · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience, or master’s degree with 7+ years, or PhD with 3+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD; preferably in Electrical Engineering, physical science, or a related field.
About the job
Contributes as an individual hardware engineer to the architecture, specification, design, validation, and product life cycle of Acacia’s high-speed optical networking products.
What you'll do
- Contribute to hardware architecture, specification, design, and validation.
- Resolve complex problems during new product introduction (NPI) for telecommunications and high-speed electro-optical transmission systems.
- Work with multidisciplinary hardware, software, optics, and DSP engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated experience with transmission-line theory and effects.
- Demonstrated experience with high-efficiency DC-DC power converters and analog/RF simulation tools.
- Demonstrated experience with VxDesigner and working knowledge of Allegro PCB and SiP Layout tools.
- Experience guiding PCB layout and constraint management for signaling above 50+ GHz, and debugging with state-of-the-art test equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with Power Integrity simulations and tools; knowledge of optical components and DWDM technologies.
- Understanding of digital control loops and DSP functions; working knowledge of Python.
Pay
$151,300.00 to $216,200.00 USD base salary; $171,600.00 - $281,800.00 USD base salary; $151,300.00 - $250,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
LTSpice®, ADS®, VxDesigner®, Allegro® PCB, SiP Layout, Python, DSP
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