The application window is expected to close on: 5/31/25 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Meet the Team You will be working with a versatile and upbeat team of enthusiastic engineers in an environment where team members experience mutual enhancement and improvement. You will have the opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally with our Hardware, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, and manufacturing Process Engineering teams. Your Impact You are a high-energy Technical Program Manager who loves to work on hardware products. You are a standout colleague with a startup mentality who loves to challenge the status quo with creation and innovation. We are often developing the industry’s first ground breaking coherent optical modules. Our ideal candidate can flourish with minimal guidance and is able to navigate uncertainty and ambiguity * Build and track NPI program schedules, budgets, and labor requirements. * Act as the key interface between Hardware engineering and Acacia’s other organizations * Provide timely project status to senior management and cross functional teams * Help identify and reduce engineering project risks and impediment * Contribute to Hardware engineering process definition, improvements, and documentation Minimum Qualifications: * Bachelors in relevant field with a minimum +8 years of program or project management experience, or Master's +6 years of program or project management experience, or +3 years of program or project management experience, with at least 5+ years of direct HW management experience * Program management experience for large complex Hardware and Software projects (Budgets, labor, schedules, etc.) * Project management experience for large multi-disciplinary engineering projects * Hardware design product life cycle experience * Hardware engineering and ISO process documentation experience * Experience with groundbreaking communication hardware products and governing standards Preferred Qualifications: * Hardware program management experience from a networking or related communications company * Experience presenting complex technical details to both technical and non-technical audiences * Experience leading teams, making decisions, and risk planning * Experience with conflict resolution in an engineering product development environment * Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups #WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us! Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.