Senior Silicon Photonics Design Engineer – Hybrid

Cisco

Senior Design Engineer responsible for designing and qualifying integrated optical devices for silicon photonics transceivers at Cisco. Collaborating with teams for innovation in optical transceiver products.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeCarlsbad • California, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $134,300 - $195,400 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for the design, development and qualification of integrated optical devices used in Cisco silicon photonics transceivers
Work within a team of silicon photonics designers on integrated optical devices
Develop modulators and photodetector through device design, layout of test and characterization structures, testing (including high speed) and reliability qualification
Interact with the foundry and its engineers to optimize the manufacturing process and select process parameters
Interface with product team IC designers to deliver device models and optimize the performance parameters of the optoelectronic devices to match with drivers and TIAs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Optics, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
7+ years of experience in an engineering role
Experience designing passive and active silicon photonics components (e.g. grating couplers, photodetectors, modulators, filters) or subsystems that use them
Experience using software modeling tools such as Ansys/Lumerical, Silvaco, or Photon Design
Experience using CAD layout tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, kLayout, etc.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
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
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

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Hard Skills & Tools

designdevelopmentqualificationmodulatorsphotodetectorsdevice designtestingreliability qualificationsilicon photonics componentspassive and active components