Test Development Engineer

Meet the Team Our team is a passionate group of professionals dedicated to accelerating innovation in high-speed optical transceiver testing. We thrive on collaboration across hardware, software, and product disciplines to ensure quality and efficiency in every phase of product ramp-up.

About Cisco

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Responsibilities

• Leveraging advanced automation and AI-driven tools, we continuously enhance test coverage and operational excellence.
• Lead new product test capacity fast ramp up in early mass production phase, work with product engineering and design team to drive yield improvement and test time reduction.
• Lead cost effective, high efficiency test solution development for high volume products.
• Maintain and improve automated test systems and software tools to increase test coverage and efficiency.
• Lead troubleshoots test station\product related issues. identify high failures items and ensure issues are resolved by drive to root cause Support product engineering team to debug NFF and RMA troubleshooting.
• Document test procedures, results, and provide detailed reports to stakeholders.
• Test process yields monitoring and SPC on a time basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting optics product testing, with the capability to independently develop full test systems.
• Proficiency in software engineering principles and techniques, including programming algorithms, source control, deployment techniques, and multi-threading.
• Strong experience using TestStand, LabVIEW, and Python for automating test scripts Proven experience with optics test systems, equipment, and fixtures.
• Deep understanding of Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility (GRR) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) for qualifying and monitoring Automated Test Equipment (ATE).
• Experience working with test systems that interact with automated handlers, alignment, or similar equipment in a high-volume environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred

• Qualifications Expertise in developing cost-effective, high-efficiency test solutions for high-volume products.
• Advanced skills in maintaining and improving automated test systems and software tools to increase test coverage and efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot test station and product-related issues, driving root cause analysis and resolution.
• Experience supporting product engineering teams with debugging No Fault Found (NFF) and Return Material Authorization (RMA) troubleshooting.
• Experience developing a common test platform.
• Familiarity with additional automation or data analysis tools beyond JMP and SQL.
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