Technical Marketing Engineer - Optics

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Craft and implement validation test plans for Cisco's optics based on AI customer requirements.
• Prepare technical content to support Product Requirement Documents and specifications for new products for AI applications.
• Collaborate with technology and Go-To-Market partners for interoperability testing and system functional validation.
• Respond to field inquiries related to optical transceivers.
• Contribute to forward-looking programs, roadmaps, and collaborate on content for internal Concept Commits and Execution Commits, focusing on customers, configurations, and competitive industry information.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree with 8 years of related experience, or a Master's degree with 6 years, or a PhD with 3+ years, preferably in Electrical Engineering or a physical science.
• Experience in Technical Marketing, Field Application Engineering, or related fields.
• Comfort solving pluggable optics in switches and routers, even in front of customers.
• Knowledge of fiber optics labs with high-speed scopes and optical spectrum analyzers.
• Understanding that machines are logical and people can be more nuanced.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of customer optical infrastructure requirements in AI datacenter networks.
• Knowledge of or prior experience with relevant networking technologies, and an understanding of Cisco's switching and routing portfolio.
• Hands-on skills for interoperability testing and validation activities in the lab, such as validating optical modules on switches and routers.
• Knowledge of standards related to pluggable optical transceivers, including optical PMDs (e.g., IEEE 802.3xx, optical MSAs), pluggable form factor MSAs (SFF, QSFP-DD, CMIS), and IEEE Attachment Unit Interfaces (AUIs).

Benefits & Perks

• U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and numerous wellbeing offerings.
• Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, including one floating holiday and a day off for their birthday.
• Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year; Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy.
• All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off, with 80 hours provided on hire date and annually thereafter, with carryover limits.
• Additional paid time off for volunteering and community service.