Jabil · 1 week ago
Principal Photonics Systems Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$132K/yr - $238K/yr
8+ years expJabil is seeking a Principal Photonics System Engineer focused on enabling design and manufacturing services for cutting edge co-packaged-optics systems. This position will engage with leading edge technology companies, transforming photonics as an industry, while contributing to the rapid transformative growth within the Intelligent Infrastructure business unit.
ElectronicsHardwareManufacturing
Responsibilities
Participate in client interactions to funnel in specs, and requirements for system CPO system design
Support client's product design phase with DFM and FMEA guidance
Provide optical wireline system design expertise and to support Jabil's internal product design services
Develop test strategy and quality control gates with the test engineering teams to support process control, as well as data analysis methods/tools
Generate clear documentation of process steps, requirements, specs. Assist factory in translating these into work instructions and visual aids and verify these reflect correctly the requirements
Work hand in hand with process engineers in early R&D and NPI to analyze yield pareto, identify failure root causes through systemic approaches, and drive the process improvements to enable scalable manufacturing of complex systems
Devise process control mechanisms and guide the factory site in implementation
Collaborate with test, reliability, quality engineering teams to enable successful product manufacturing
Provide technical guidance to product engineers within the team and on-site at the factory, with local team members/ engineers
Maintain an ongoing engagement with the factory operations and engineering teams to continuously drive process and yield improvements
Keep abreast of new technologies pertaining to the co-packaged-optics systems with a focus on photonics packaging, fiber-optic connectivity, test and metrology methods and equipment
Perform other duties and responsibilities as required
Qualification
Required
Relevant undergraduate 4-year degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Material Engineering, or similar field is required
8+ years of optics / photonics communication system development or product engineering in datacom / telecom applications, is required
Strong knowledge of optical communication links, associated component specs and test methods in R&D and manufacturing for defect detection
Hands on capable to develop RF optical test including usage of light sources, RF test equipment, SMUs etc. as well as basic test automation via scripting in Python or similar
Knowledgeable of test for packaged ASICs, photonics, and wireline systems
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Highly detail oriented, highly organized & methodical thinker
Able to tackle engineering challenges and devise structured R&D programs for process development
Action-oriented, entrepreneurial, and with a high sense of product ownership
Ability to travel internationally up to 70%
Preferred
An advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or Applied Physics, is preferred
10+ years of optics/ photonics communication system development or product engineering in datacom/ telecom applications is preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment
4 weeks of paid parental leave
11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly
401(k) retirement plan
Employee stock purchase plan
Company
Jabil
Jabil is a product solutions company providing comprehensive design, manufacturing, supply chain and product management services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.2B2025-06-18Post Ipo Debt· $3.2B
1993-05-07IPO
Leadership Team
Steve Borges
EVP/CEO Jabil Heal
Sherman Tang
CTO, Compute and Storage
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