Integrated Photonics Technical Leader

Cisco

Integrated Photonics Technical Leader designing and testing photonic components for high-speed optical transceivers at Acacia. Collaborating with various teams to deliver advancements in photonics technology.

Posted 5/18/2026full-timeRemote • California, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $191,400 - $281,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work very closely with the entire PIC team covering a wide variety of directions, including silicon photonics and III-V device designs, simulation, foundry process development, production tapeout, PIC testing, and production support.
Be responsible for the design, simulation, layout and testing of photonic components and circuits.
Work closely with millimeter wave design team, packaging team, and module hardware / software / optics testing team in building complete products.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years or Master’s degree with 6+ years or Ph.D with 3+years of industry experience in optical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or related fields
Demonstrated experience with solid-state physics, integrated photonics, and opto-electronics
Demonstrated experience with photonics numerical simulation principle and tools, such as FDTD, HFSS, COMSOL and etc.
Demonstrated experience in photonic device process and fabrication
Demonstrated experience with photonic device layout and tapeout

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
flexible vacation time off program (subject to availability and some business limitations)
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

ATS Keywords

✓ Tailor your resume

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

optical engineeringelectrical engineeringmaterial sciencesolid-state physicsintegrated photonicsopto-electronicsphotonic device processphotonic device layoutphotonic numerical simulationtapeout