Job Family: General Design Services
Job Profile Title: Principal Photonics Systems Engineer
Location/ Division Specific Information-
USA – Austin, TX/ USA – Remote/ CAN - Remote
How will you make an impact?-
Jabil is seeking a Principal Photonics System Engineer focused on enabling design and manufacturing services for cutting edge co-packaged-optics systems, which present new challenges with the integration density of photonic elements at the box and rack level at the EMS environment. 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.
Principal photonic systems engineers in this team have responsibility for a diverse array of functions, all rooted on his/her deep technical understanding of photonic communication links, components, and wireline systems. The job scope includes establishing product engineering expertise for photonic systems both in the central engineering organization as well as the manufacturing sites, early client engagement to understand the requirements and potential manufacturing yield risks, designing test and debug strategies, and providing optical system design services as part of Jabil’s design services capabilities.
What will you do? -
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
How will you get here? -
Education:
Relevant undergraduate 4- year degree in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Material Engineering, or similar field is required
Experience:
8+ years of optics / photonics communication system development or product engineering in datacom / telecom applications, is required
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
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 Qualifications:
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
Salary Range: $127,300 - 229,100 USA / P05
Annual Target Bonus: 20%
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