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Meet the Team Join the Acacia team, which takes pride in providing and fostering a collaborative environment to ensure success and personal growth. The Acacia Communications team designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G, 1T bit speed and beyond fiber optic transmission market deployed in data centers, metros, long‑haul, and ultra‑long‑haul telecommunication networks. You will collaborate with our entire R&D teams (DSP, ASIC, Optics, Software, Photonics, and Hardware).
Your Impact Integrates technical expertise and broader industry knowledge to contribute to portfolio development, technical product strategy, and marketing campaigns in collaboration with Product Management. Applies specialist knowledge of company product capabilities and service offerings with in-depth analysis of market position to understand the competitive landscape, including specific features or use cases the competition excels at or is weak at. Works closely with Product Management, Product Development, Product Design (UX), Customer Experience (CX) and Sales teams to create or refine products designed to address customer needs and/or expand market share and validates early product definitions with customers. Champions customers on technical product functionality and participates in product demonstrations and forums, during product launch and throughout the product lifecycle. Develops training materials and product specification documentation to support partners/field/sales team.
Key Responsibilities
Has end‑to‑end technical ownership for multiple products and solutions
Contributes to technical strategy development for own product portfolio
Leverages deep customer and market knowledge to improve and innovate on existing products or solutions
Participates in the definition of current and next‑generation technologies and/or products, considering larger scope functionalities and latest trends
Collaborates with key stakeholders to review complex product architectural documentation and define new product features and customer requirements
Leads technical discussions during sales and business development efforts in order to educate customers/partners on technology and solution capabilities
Educates and influences the design of customer networks and their deployment
Regularly engages with customers/partners and other stakeholders (e.g., Advisory Boards) to share key product information on industry‑wide platforms (e.g., events, conferences, blackbelt academy)
Leverages insights from competitive research and analysis to recommend corrective action (typically solution wide); socializes with broader cross‑functional teams
Develops advanced field/customer‑facing collateral (e.g., technical white papers, deployment guides, methodology documents)
Manages engagement with customers, partners, and sales team to ensure they are educated on new products and technology releases
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer science or optical engineering with 8+ years of experience in optical communications, Master's degree with 6+ years of experience, or a PhD with 3+ years of experience or equivalent experience.
Experience in OTN or optical network and Ethernet technologies
Experience with managed electrical/optical components, inter and intra‑function operations in switch and router platforms and Data Center Infrastructures
Preferred Qualifications
Familiar with CMIS, and various 3rd party host platforms and network management tools.
Coding/scripting experience (e.g., C++, Python, and JSON).
Direct experience with electrical transceiver applications, including backplane and cable communications.
Benefits Cisco offers comprehensive benefits that may include medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with company matching; paid parental leave; short‑ and long‑term disability coverage; basic life insurance; and stock‑based compensation. Additional paid time off and flexible vacation options are also typically available to employees under Cisco's policies.
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Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader
role at
Cisco .
Meet the Team Join the Acacia team, which takes pride in providing and fostering a collaborative environment to ensure success and personal growth. The Acacia Communications team designs intelligent transceivers using advanced signal processing and photonic integration for the 100G, 400G, 1T bit speed and beyond fiber optic transmission market deployed in data centers, metros, long‑haul, and ultra‑long‑haul telecommunication networks. You will collaborate with our entire R&D teams (DSP, ASIC, Optics, Software, Photonics, and Hardware).
Your Impact Integrates technical expertise and broader industry knowledge to contribute to portfolio development, technical product strategy, and marketing campaigns in collaboration with Product Management. Applies specialist knowledge of company product capabilities and service offerings with in-depth analysis of market position to understand the competitive landscape, including specific features or use cases the competition excels at or is weak at. Works closely with Product Management, Product Development, Product Design (UX), Customer Experience (CX) and Sales teams to create or refine products designed to address customer needs and/or expand market share and validates early product definitions with customers. Champions customers on technical product functionality and participates in product demonstrations and forums, during product launch and throughout the product lifecycle. Develops training materials and product specification documentation to support partners/field/sales team.
Key Responsibilities
Has end‑to‑end technical ownership for multiple products and solutions
Contributes to technical strategy development for own product portfolio
Leverages deep customer and market knowledge to improve and innovate on existing products or solutions
Participates in the definition of current and next‑generation technologies and/or products, considering larger scope functionalities and latest trends
Collaborates with key stakeholders to review complex product architectural documentation and define new product features and customer requirements
Leads technical discussions during sales and business development efforts in order to educate customers/partners on technology and solution capabilities
Educates and influences the design of customer networks and their deployment
Regularly engages with customers/partners and other stakeholders (e.g., Advisory Boards) to share key product information on industry‑wide platforms (e.g., events, conferences, blackbelt academy)
Leverages insights from competitive research and analysis to recommend corrective action (typically solution wide); socializes with broader cross‑functional teams
Develops advanced field/customer‑facing collateral (e.g., technical white papers, deployment guides, methodology documents)
Manages engagement with customers, partners, and sales team to ensure they are educated on new products and technology releases
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in electrical or computer science or optical engineering with 8+ years of experience in optical communications, Master's degree with 6+ years of experience, or a PhD with 3+ years of experience or equivalent experience.
Experience in OTN or optical network and Ethernet technologies
Experience with managed electrical/optical components, inter and intra‑function operations in switch and router platforms and Data Center Infrastructures
Preferred Qualifications
Familiar with CMIS, and various 3rd party host platforms and network management tools.
Coding/scripting experience (e.g., C++, Python, and JSON).
Direct experience with electrical transceiver applications, including backplane and cable communications.
Benefits Cisco offers comprehensive benefits that may include medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with company matching; paid parental leave; short‑ and long‑term disability coverage; basic life insurance; and stock‑based compensation. Additional paid time off and flexible vacation options are also typically available to employees under Cisco's policies.
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