Photonic Packaging Engineer

Photonic Packaging Engineer

As a Photonic Packaging Engineer, you will play a key role in developing/supporting the next generation packaging platform for Cisco's Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuits and chipsets. You'll have the opportunity to work as a key member of the platform development team that is responsible for developing critical optical components, processes, and tools.

Design, Develop and Support

• Provide engineering support for Cisco's internally developed photonic assembly packaging tools.
• Gather and analyze data from Cisco's automated packaging tools/processes to shape new projects targeting improvement in novel subassemblies used in Cisco-designed high-volume manufacturing platforms.
• Recommend and implement test/assembly/process improvements, including cycle time reduction and automation of system to minimize required operator time and intervention.
• Design, build, and test prototypes of critical, complex electromechanical assemblies to be used in automated manufacturing/test tools.

Diagnostics Development & Lifecycle Management

• Follow new tools, processes, and components from development to production to ensure successful integration of new platform technologies.
• Apply analytics and AI/ML to stimulate edge cases, optimize strategies, improve coverage, usability, debug capabilities and problem detection using structured problem-solving methodologies.

Collaboration & Team Development

• Partner with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams to ensure multi-functional alignment and successful transition to manufacturing.
• Develop and execute project plans with predictability, quality and velocity.
• Collaborate and travel to assure successful product deployment across a global environment
• Mentor and develop high-performing teams, emphasizing continuous learning in diagnostics, data engineering, advanced analytics, and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors + 7 years of related experience, or Masters + 4 years of related experience, or PhD + 1 year of related experience
• Hardware/process automation experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hardware/software automation of photonics assembly/test.
• Experience with machine vision in an automation environment.
• Data analysis (SQL/JMP) in a semiconductor production environment
• Software development using C#
• Knowledge of photonics, fiber optics and semiconductor lasers