Principal DSP Designer – Coherent Optical Transmission Systems - Acacia

Ottawahybridprincipal$223K – $286K

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The application window is expected to close on: 10/11/2026 Meet the Team Join our high-impact team at Acacia, a Cisco company, where we design industry-leading coherent optical transceivers powering hyper-scale cloud data centers, AI infrastructure, and global telecommunication networks. We are a specialized, collaborative team of algorithm and ASIC innovators operating at the forefront of digital signal processing (DSP) and forward error correction (FEC) technology. Our team directly architects the custom silicon and complex control algorithms that push transmission speeds, energy efficiency, and reach beyond physical limits.…

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