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Optical Engineer, Test Automation and Optics NPI

Meta· Hardware
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Menlo Park, CA$144k - $204kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Optical Engineer role within Meta's Release to Production NPI team, focusing on optics validation, Python-based test automation, and end-to-end management of optical transceiver NPI programs from RFI/RFP through EVT/DVT/PVT to mass production, including collaboration with vendors, ODMs, and ecosystem partners.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain Python scripts and test automation for qualification of optical transceivers and subsystems across EVT, DVT, PVT, and characterization
  • Lead optics NPI programs end to end, collaborating with optics vendors and ODMs from RFI / RFP through EVT / DVT / PVT to mass production ramp and sustaining
  • Find, debug, and remediate optical hardware failure modes before certifying modules for mass production; drive root-cause analysis and corrective action with vendors and ODMs
  • Set up and operate NPI test stations in Meta lab regions: integrate modules, switches, and instruments, and debug at-scale, lights-out test execution
  • Define test and measurement methodologies for high-speed optical technologies and translate them into reusable Python scripts and automation
  • Develop instrument automation and integration — BERT, OSA, optical power and wavelength meters, scopes — and CMIS register-level module control using SCPI / VISA / PyVISA and vendor APIs
  • Ensure new optical platforms are supported by production and fleet health tooling, including production-readiness documentation and design-for-test specifications
  • Contribute to data integrity and analysis: data capture, storage, visualization of test and fleet results
  • Provide sustaining support after deployment — validate stability, security, and performance under production workloads
  • Contribute to engineering standards for test automation and mentor engineers on Python scripting and optical test methods
  • Collaborate across Software, Thermal, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Signal Integrity, TPM, and Production Engineering teams to integrate optics into systems
  • Interface with industry, contribute to RFI/RFP process, shape product requirements, test plans, and data sheets

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Master's degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Computer Science, or related field
  • 8+ years in development roles for optical networking hardware, with experience taking new optical products from development through volume production
  • Demonstrated experience writing Python scripts to automate tests and measurements, including instrument control, data acquisition, and data analysis in a lab environment; experience developing reusable test automation in a team setting
  • Hands-on experience with high-speed optical and electrical test, test automation, and lab instrumentation
  • Experience leading optical transceiver NPI programs with vendors and/or ODMs through EVT, DVT, PVT to mass production

Skills

Required:Python scriptingOptical test automationOptical hardware debugging

Benefits

  • bonuses
  • equity
  • benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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