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# Network Test Engineer

- **Company:** Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
- **Location:** Sugar Land, TX, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Link, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Linux, Interoperability, Python (Programming Language), LabVIEW, Network Switches
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/35fda6c2-1ca2-4c62-a599-da421f9fa0bc

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in electrical or optical engineering with 3+ years of experience or Master's degree with 1+ year of experience
 * Must be bilingual in Chinese (Mandarin)
 * Familiarity with Linux, Python and LabVIEW are preferred
 * 3 years of experience working in an engineering laboratory environment
 * Experience with high-speed optical transceiver application in data center
 * Experience with high-density network switch installation and operation
 * Experience with optical transceiver communication link test
 * Experience with automatic test system

## Description

* Performing interoperability tests on high-speed optical transceivers (400g to 1.6Tbps)
 * Install and maintain high-density network switches from various manufacturers
 * Set up and conduct optical transceiver communication link tests using network switches
 * Debug and troubleshoot link failure and work with cross-functional teams to figure out root causes
 * Support production line for optical transceiver traffic test on network switch
 * Generate reports for various optical transceiver interoperability test


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