- Pay
- $137–199k
- Where
- Carlsbad, Californie, États-Unis d'Amérique
- Level
- Mid
The application window is expected to close on: 12/14/2026 This is an onsite role and will require working out of our Carlsbad, CA office location.
Meet the Team
The Silicon One team creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world.
Your Impact
Step into the ultra-fast lane of next-generation infrastructure and redefine the future of high-speed optical connectivity. As a Photonic Packaging Engineer in Cisco's elite Optics group, you won’t just build components—you will engineer the very foundation of Silicon Photonics, crafting advanced packaging platforms and cutting-edge electromechanical assemblies that power global networks. Leveraging state-of-the-art AI/ML analytics, automation, and high-volume manufacturing innovations, you'll directly shape technologies as they evolve from early prototype to global deployment. If you are ready to collaborate across global engineering teams, solve industry-defining physics and assembly challenges, and spearhead the optical revolution, this is your chance to make a lasting mark on technology before the rest of the world catches up.
Core Role & Prototyping: Photonic Packaging Engineers develop next-generation packaging platforms, novel subassemblies, and electromechanical prototypes for Cisco's Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuits and chipsets.
Automation & Advanced Analytics: Automate assembly systems and apply AI/ML and analytics to optimize high-volume manufacturing, simulate edge cases, and enhance diagnostic usability across the product lifecycle.
Global Leadership & Collaboration: Partner with cross-functional hardware, software, and manufacturing teams globally to drive project delivery, support international deployments, and mentor engineers on AI-assisted 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# on .NET
Knowledge of photonics, fiber optics and semiconductor lasers
Pourquoi Cisco?
Chez Cisco, nous révolutionnons la façon dont les données et les infrastructures se connectent et protègent les entreprises à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle et au-delà. Nous innovons sans crainte de manquer quelque chose depuis 40 ans pour créer des solutions qui optimisent la collaboration entre les humains et la technologie dans les mondes physiques et numériques. Ces solutions offrent aux clients une sécurité, une visibilité et des analyses inégalées sur l’ensemble de l’empreinte numérique.
Alimentés par la profondeur et l’étendue de notre technologie, nous expérimenterons et créons des solutions significatives. Ajoutez à cela notre réseau mondial de personnes fonceuses et d’experts, et vous verrez que les possibilités de grandir et de bâtir sont illimitées. Nous travaillons en équipe, en collaborant avec empathie pour réaliser de très grandes choses à l'échelle mondiale. Parce que nos solutions sont partout, notre impact est partout.
Nous sommes Cisco, et notre puissance commence avec vous.
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