Cisco Integrated Photonics Technical Leader 

United States, New Jersey 

98671318

The application window is expected to close on 9/31/25.

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if sufficient number of applications are received.

Your Impact

Design, simulation, layout, and testing of photonic components and circuits. You will 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. You will also work closely with millimeter wave design team, packaging team, and module hardware / software / optics testing team in building complete products.

Key Essential Functions:

• Design and numerical modeling of passive and active photonic components,
• Script-based GDS layout of photonic components, circuits, and full product chips

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors +8 years, Masters +6 years, or Ph.D. +3 years of optical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics and related fields
• Prior experience with photonics numerical simulation principle and tools,
• Prior experience in photonic device process and fabrication
• Prior experience with photonic device layout and tapeout

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in hybrid integration of different material systems
• Prior experience in photonic devices based on thin-film lithium niobate
• Prior experience with designing, simulating and testing of high speed electronic or optical devices
• Prior experience with photonic component testing
• Prior experience with large-scale photonic circuit tape-outs in commercial foundries