Cisco
Photonic Packaging Engineer
$136K–$259K
Carlsbad, California, US · Onsite Only · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s + 7 years, or Master’s + 4 years, or PhD + 1 year of related experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD.
About the job
Develops photonic packaging platforms, subassemblies, and electromechanical prototypes for Silicon Photonics products, while automating assembly and using analytics to improve manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Develop packaging platforms, subassemblies, and electromechanical prototypes for Silicon Photonics integrated circuits and chipsets.
- Automate assembly systems and use AI/ML and analytics to optimize high-volume manufacturing, simulate edge cases, and improve diagnostics.
- Collaborate with global hardware, software, and manufacturing teams; support deployments and mentor engineers on AI-assisted tools.
What they ask for
- Hardware/process automation experience.
Nice to have
- Hardware/software automation of photonics assembly or test; machine vision in an automation environment.
- Data analysis (SQL/JMP) in semiconductor production; C# on .NET; knowledge of photonics, fiber optics, and semiconductor lasers.
Pay
$136,500.00 to $198,500.00 USD base salary; $154,900.00 - $259,100.00 USD base salary; $136,500.00 - $228,300.00 USD base salary
Tools
AI/ML, SQL, JMP, C#, .NET
AI focus
Applies AI/ML and analytics to optimize high-volume manufacturing, simulate edge cases, improve diagnostics, and support engineers with AI-assisted tools.
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