• The Transceiver Modules Group Business Unit handles Company’s pluggable optic modules that enable customers to connect switches, routers, and servers with high-speed fiber optics
• The Product Management team includes Product Managers and Technical Marketing Engineers (TMEs) and covers a broad range of optical technologies, customer applications, and market segments
• You’ll also collaborate with the product managers, TMEs, and engineers in our BU and other Company BUs
• In this role, you will craft and implement validation test plans for Company’s optics based on AI customer requirements
• You will prepare technical content to support Product Requirement Documents and specifications for new products for AI applications
• You will collaborate with technology and Go-To-Market partners for interoperability testing and system functional validation, and respond to field inquiries related to optical transceivers
• Additionally, you will 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

You’re a problem solver who embraces opportunities to step outside your comfort zone

• You are comfortable solving pluggable optics in switches and routers, even in front of customers
• You know your way around a fiber optics lab with high-speed scopes and optical spectrum analyzers
• Bachelors + 8 years of experience and/or Masters + 6 years of related experience or PhD with 3+ years, preferably combined with a degree in Electrical Engineering or a physical science or related
• Experience in Technical Marketing, Field Application Engineering, or related

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, etc.), and IEEE Attachment Unit Interfaces (AUIs)

• The starting salary range posted for this position is $168,800.00 to $241,200.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits
• Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training
• The full salary range for certain locations is listed below
• For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Company’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Company matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance

• Please see the Company careers site to discover more benefits and perks
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Company restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Company for defined periods of time
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Company’s policies:
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Company
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Company’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Company’s policies
• Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Company plan

For quota-based incentive pay, Company typically pays as follows: .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation
• For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Company may pay 0% up to 125% of target
• Company sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid
• For quota-based sales roles on Company’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements