Embedded Software Technical Leader - Acacia (Onsite)

About this role

The application window is expected to close on: 06/26/2026<p><span style="color:#000000"><b><span style="font-size:14px">Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received</span></b><span style="font-size:14px">.</span></span></p><p></p><p>This position is required to be onsite in Maynard, MA and in office five days a week. </p><p></p><h2>Meet the Team</h2><p>Acacia (part of Cisco) is a market leader in high-speed coherent optical transceivers, pioneering the development of coherent pluggable transceivers. Acacia’s coherent products are deployed by all hyperscalers to connect their Data Centers over distances from a few kilometers to thousands of kilometers and even in submarine networks

The emergence of AI has drastically increased the demand for Acacia’s coherent transceivers. Acacia’s coherent transceivers are also being used in space applications and is eventually expected to be used inside data centers as interconnect speeds continue to increase. Acacia is also entering the PAM4 Client market and is expected to be a key provider of PAM4 solutions, including a 1.6T PAM4 DSP.</p><p></p><h2>Your Impact</h2><p>You will be a key member of Acacia’s Software team responsible for embedded CPU code development to configure and manage our products

You will lead the architecture and design of complex optical sub-systems that go into future Acacia SOCs; collaborate with Chip, DSP and Optics architects to drive innovation in Acacia’s products.</p><p>You will interface with the wider cross-functional engineering team to architect the system software, develop algorithms, contribute to code development, and participate in system bring up and debug. </p><p>You will work with Acacia’s Hardware, ASIC, Optical, and DSP teams in the engineering organization and the PLM team. You will collaborate with the Product engineering and Quality teams to ensure smooth transition of our products to Manufacturing.</p><p>This ro

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