Electrical Engineer 2 – Cables & Optics

Dell
Santa Clara
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 100,000 - 138,000Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Analytical","Problem-solving","Communication","Documentation","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Join the Network Hardware Engineering team to verify and qualify copper cables and optical transceiver modules for networking, compute, and storage platforms. You’ll develop and execute test plans, perform hands-on laboratory validation and interoperability testing, and analyze results to resolve failures. Work with platform, networking, firmware, and software teams to integrate cables and optics into Dell products, partnering with cable, optical, NIC, and switch vendors to support qualification and production readiness.

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Electrical Engineer 2 – Cables & Optics

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Job Summary

Join the Network Hardware Engineering team to verify and qualify copper cables and optical transceiver modules for networking, compute, and storage platforms. You’ll develop and execute test plans, perform hands-on laboratory validation and interoperability testing, and analyze results to resolve failures. Work with platform, networking, firmware, and software teams to integrate cables and optics into Dell products, partnering with cable, optical, NIC, and switch vendors to support qualification and production readiness.
Location: Santa Clara
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute test plans to verify and qualify copper cables and optical transceiver modules in server-to-switch and switch-to-switch configurations across networking speeds and protocols.
  • •Perform hands-on laboratory validation, interoperability testing, performance characterization, and failure analysis; analyze results and drive issue resolution with internal teams and suppliers.
  • •Collaborate with platform, networking, firmware, and software engineering teams to ensure successful integration and deployment of cables and optics within compute, storage, and networking products.
  • •Work with cable, optical module, NIC, switch, and silicon vendors to evaluate capabilities, review technical specifications, and support qualification, production readiness, and sustaining activities.
  • •Ensure qualified connectivity solutions meet system requirements for performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability while supporting new product introductions and sustaining programs.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 100,000 - 138,000

Key Requirements

  • •1+ years of experience in hardware validation, software automation, qualification, or product development in the technology industry.
  • •Familiarity with optical and copper interconnect solutions, including SFP+, QSFP+, QSFP28, QSFP-DD, OSFP, DAC, and AOC technologies.
  • •Experience developing and executing test plans and performing hands-on laboratory validation, interoperability testing, and troubleshooting of server-to-switch and switch-to-switch connectivity solutions.
  • •Working knowledge of Ethernet networking concepts and experience using common lab equipment and networking test tools.
  • •BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (MS preferred).
Experience:1+ yearsHardware validationData center networkingOptical interconnectsCopper interconnects
Education:Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
Skills:AnalyticalProblem-solvingCommunicationDocumentationCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:Optical interconnectCopper interconnectSFP+QSFP+QSFP28QSFP-DDOSFPDACAOCEthernetInfiniBandBroadcomEthernet networkingNetworking speeds10 Gbit/s1600 Gbit/sGenAIAI/HPC networkingLab equipmentNetworking test tools

Company Brief

Dell
Designs, manufactures and sells computers, servers, storage, networking equipment, and related IT solutions and services for consumers, small businesses, and enterprises worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Round Rock, United States
Founded: 1984
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