# Component Engineer (Optical Suppliers & Transceivers)

**Company**: Cisco
**Location**: San Jose, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $143,100.00 to $185,900.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

You will work as a Component Engineer (Optical Suppliers & Transceivers) in a hybrid role based in San Jose, CA, coming into the office 2-3 days a week.

You will collaborate with Cisco's optical suppliers and internal teams to guide the qualification and assembly of optical transceivers, modules, and transport products. This role involves working in a cross-functional environment with engineering, operations, and supply chain teams to develop next-generation optical technologies.

Key responsibilities include:

- Assessing, developing, and qualifying suppliers and technologies for wavelength line management (WLM) and optical transceivers.

- Conducting technical assessments of optical suppliers, including next-generation technologies and material systems.

- Performing design and process reviews to ensure design robustness, quality, and manufacturing readiness.

- Owning the quality, reliability, and manufacturability of optical components from design to end-of-life.

- Addressing business-impacting issues and driving product failure analysis and corrective actions.

The role requires 3-7 years of experience in optics, specifically in opto-electronics or optical materials, and a degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a similar field. Demonstrated understanding of optical sub-assemblies, reliability engineering, and quality metrics is essential.

Preferred qualifications include experience in troubleshooting optical device reliability, 8D or model-based problem-solving, statistical process control, and optical component failure analysis techniques.

The salary range for this position is $143,100.00 to $185,900.00 per year, with additional benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off.

## Skills

### Required
- optics
- opto-electronics
- optical materials
- reliability engineering
- quality metrics

### Nice to have
- troubleshooting
- 8D problem-solving
- statistical process control
- optical component failure analysis

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