# Silicon Photonics Design Engineer

**Company**: Cisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $151,300.00 - $216,200.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Silicon One team at Cisco creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco's core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally.

As a Silicon Photonics Design Engineer, you'll lead the design, simulation, and characterization of silicon photonic devices and integrated components for Cisco's next-generation optical platforms supporting 100G/200G/400G per Lambda solutions.

You will own critical optical subsystems end-to-end, from converting raw product specs into cutting-edge waveguide designs to cracking root-cause challenges in the lab.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- Bachelor's + 8 years of related experience, OR Master's + 6 years of related experience, OR PhD + 3 years of related experience.

- Experience in silicon photonics device design, including simulation and design of integrated photonic components.

- Demonstrated experience with optical measurement and characterization of photonic devices, and data analysis.

- Demonstrated experience with advanced waveguide modeling, design analysis, and optical coupling.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Product-related experience,taking photonic devices or platforms from design through qualification and production.

- Familiarity with the patent process and a track record of contributing to intellectual property.

- Experience designing high-speed modulators and/or photodetectors.

- Experience with co-packaged optics (CPO) or pluggable optics architectures (e.g., 800G, 1.6T).

- Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to align engineering, product, and manufacturing partners.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences.

**Benefits:**

- Medical, dental and vision insurance

- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution

- Paid parental leave

- Short and long-term disability coverage

- Basic life insurance

- Paid time away (vacation, holidays, sick time)

- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

**Salary Range:** $151,300.00 - $216,200.00 (U.S. and/or Canada locations)

## Skills

### Required
- silicon photonics
- device design
- optical measurement
- waveguide modeling

### Nice to have
- product development
- patent process
- high-speed modulators
- co-packaged optics
- collaboration

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