Role: Software Engineering Technical Leader

Location: Maynard, MA (WFO- 3 days/week)

This role involves interfacing with customers for technical discussions related to Acacia SW architecture and design with our customers.

You are enthusiastic about architecting embedded firmware solutions and driving requirements for future platforms. You enjoy contributing and collaborating with the wider cross-functional engineering teams to develop efficient, compact algorithms for embedded CPUs. You are great at low-level RTOS debug and systems bring up in the lab.
You are capable in figuring out complex systems specifications from standards bodies and a strong mentor for junior colleagues.
You don''t hesitate to point out how we can be more effective as a team, and you are open to similar suggestions by your team members.
Your interpersonal and communication skills allow effortless collaboration within and across teams and to steer development in a positive direction.
You can work from high level system design to low level driver development.

Minimum requirements

Bachelor''s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience or Master''s degree and 8+ years (Electronics/Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent) of relevant experience in the telecommunications industry.
8+ years of experience with C++ and C.
8+ years of experience with embedded firmware development (both control and data path).
Demonstrated experience with programming on bare metal and RTOS running on embedded CPUs and microcontrollers.
Demonstrated experience with control systems.

Preferred Requirements

Experience with ARM processors.
Experience leading software/firmware teams and driving cross-functional requirements across other engineering and product teams.
Embedded systems firmware architecture, design and development for Optical transceivers, and High-speed Mixed-signal components.
Experience working within a team environment developing complex control-plane code in a multi-processor/multithreaded environment.
Experience with developing/debugging software state machines.
Proficient in writing compact highly efficient code to control HW components.
Experience with a revision control system and defect tracking systems (Perforce™, GIT, Bugzilla, JIRA).
Experience with collaborative code review tools (such as Jira Crucible®).
Comfortable with UNIX-style command-line development (make, shell programming, Python).