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About the role
As a Control Systems & Embedded Software Technical Leader, you will be a vital technical specialist responsible for designing and implementing high-speed closed-loop control systems, PID algorithms, and real-time embedded firmware that govern Acacia’s high-performance optical modules and transceivers. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Computer Engineering or related field with 8+ years of professional experience
- 6+ years in low-level embedded C and C++ programming for physical hardware control
- 5+ years development of embedded firmware on bare-metal systems and real-time operating systems (RTOS such as VxWorks, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, or similar)
- Design, implementation and tuning real-time control systems (e.g., closed-loop feedback, PID control algorithms, or motion/thermal control loops) on embedded microcontrollers (such as ARM Cortex-M or Cortex-R)
- Ability to work 100% onsite during the initial one-year onboarding period, (with hybrid flexibility available thereafter)
More about this role
The application window is expected to close on: 11/29/2026
Acacia (part of Cisco) is the industry market leader and pioneer in high-speed coherent optical transceivers and pluggable optical interconnects. Acacia’s revolutionary optical solutions are deployed across all major global hyperscale cloud providers and telecommunications networks, interconnecting data centers across metropolitan spans, thousands of kilometers of terrestrial fiber, and deep submarine links.
With the explosive growth of artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads driving unprecedented bandwidth requirements, Acacia’s high-speed optical transceivers are expanding into next-generation data center fabrics and high-performance compute clusters. In addition to powering deep-space optical communication systems, Acacia is leading the client-side optics market with breakthrough PAM4 DSP architectures, including industry-first 1.6T PAM4 DSP platforms.
Joining Acacia’s Software team in Maynard, MA means collaborating with world-class engineers to push the physical and algorithmic boundaries of optical networking.
As a Control Systems & Embedded Software Technical Leader, you will be a vital technical...
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