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: * Qualification and reliability contractor is responsible for the execution of qualification and reliability testing of Acacia products under the direction of a reliability engineer. * You will perform reliability testing using the existing test platforms, fixturing, software. * You will assist in validating and reporting test data associated with Reliability Testing for novel photonic packages and die. You will assist in the development and building of new test platforms. * You will develop your knowledge and experience in Optics design, manufacturing, testing, and reliability as you assist in test development. You will also investigate failures and work closely with Design and Process Development teams to determine failure root causes and implement reliability improvements. * You will closely work with design, engineering, and manufacturing in component/vendor failure analysis to drive corrective action and qualification. * You will assist in the failure analysis. * You will assist in lab maintenance activities. Minimum qualifications * BS in Optical/Electronic Engineering, Physics, or Materials Science or related discipline or 3+ years of relevant work experience * Experience working with optical fiber devices * Experience in soldering. Preferred qualifications * Willingness to learn and interest in quality and reliability engineering for optical communications components and systems * Familiarity with development of custom test racks and software to drive qualification testing * Willingness to learn about Design for Reliability and Physics of Failure Analysis techniques and models, Telcordia and JEDEC qualification and reliability standards related to module assemblies and associated components, e.g. die, passives, optical components, capacitors, diodes, * Physical and electrical characterization techniques * Knowledge of programming languages/software such as Python, Matlab, and Labview desirable We Are Cisco #WeAreCisco, where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees' diverse backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company and many careers, where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing everyone to not only give their best but also be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together, and our people are at the heart of that. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, champion belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us! Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.