Senior Semiconductor Product Engineer

This is a hybrid role based in Maynard, MA, San Jose, CA, or Holmdel, NJ.

About the Team

The Optics Operations Product Engineering team partners with a cross-functional group of development engineers to design and sustain optical transceiver components and modules throughout their product lifecycle. Product Engineers are self-motivated, results-oriented, and innovative thinkers who deliver creative solutions.

Your Impact

Optics Operations enables and accelerates innovation to create an unrivaled customer experience and competitive advantage for Cisco through end-to-end operational leadership and product lifecycle management. In this role, you will support Cisco’s next-generation optics product portfolio as a key member of the Optics Operations Engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with foundries to drive failure analysis, reduce yield loss, and improve yield through process optimization.
• Work with internal DFT and test teams to bring up and optimize test flows, set up specifications, and analyze ATE/WAT data to evaluate process corners and yield sensitivity.
• Improve test coverage to screen downstream failures in collaboration with DFT and engineering teams.
• Correlate ATE test results with bench and system-level tests.
• Own overall yield roadmaps, cost analysis, and continuous yield improvement initiatives.
• Engage with wafer equipment suppliers, foundries, contract manufacturers, and test vendors to address quality and performance issues.
• Establish manufacturing metrics to drive continuous improvement of equipment performance and processes to meet wafer product specifications.
• Drive characterization of NPI and sustaining product yields, including benchmark correlations, to meet or exceed product cost and equipment capacity targets.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Proven experience working with CMOS/Memory foundries or fabless design companies.
• Track record of transitioning products from NPI to high-volume production through contract manufacturing partners.
• Experience with advanced CMOS technology nodes (7nm and beyond).
• Knowledge and experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) during product development.
• Analytical skills in troubleshooting, JMP scripting, Python, or AI models for automated yield prediction and monitoring.
• Background in product development tasks, including Bill of Materials and Change Management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with Advantest 93k ATE for high-performance semiconductor devices.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Optics or Silicon Photonics experience is a plus.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $154,900 to $225,300 for new hires in U.S. and Canada locations (excluding incentive compensation, equity, or benefits). Individual pay is determined by hiring location, market conditions, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and training. Below are the full salary ranges for specific locations:

• New York City Metro Area: $154,900 - $259,100
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $136,500 - $228,300

For quota-based sales roles, the ranges include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution.
• Paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness.
• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year, accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period.
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation program with no defined limit (subject to business limitations).
• 80 hours of sick time provided on hire and each January 1st, with up to 80 hours carried forward annually.
• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family issues.
• 10 paid days per full calendar year for volunteering.
• Eligibility for annual bonuses (subject to Cisco’s policies).
• Eligibility for grants of Cisco restricted stock units, vesting over defined employment periods.