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With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.How will you make an impact?\nJabil is seeking a Lead Photonics System Engineer focused on enabling design and manufacturing services for cutting edge Co-Packaged-Optics (CPO) 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.\nLead photonics systems engineers in this team are responsible for a diverse array of functions, all rooted in their 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 strategy, and providing optical system design services as part of Jabil’s design services capabilities.\nWhat will you do?\nProvide product subject matter expertise to support manufacturing line bringup and NPI activities for CPO systems in Jabil’s factories, in particular focusing on process design, yield analysis, and root-causing of failure modes to drive yield improvement.\nDevelop test strategy, quality control gates, and rework flows with the test engineering and industrial engineering teams to establish process control, early fault detection, and effective rework flows.\nDefine yield, throughput, and parametric-data dashboards (as well as automated data analysis) for implementation with the work cell and data engineering teams to allow SPC implementation and drive systematic yield improvement processes.\nParticipate in client interactions to funnel in specs, requirements required for system CPO system design.\nSupport product design phase with DFM and FMEA guidance.\nTrain and provide technical guidance to factory product engineers through manufacturing NPI and volume ramp phases.\nMaintain an ongoing engagement with the factory operations and engineering teams to continuously drive process and yield improvements, provide engineering support as required for tackling manufacturing issues.\nKeep 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.\nEvaluate and qualify new offerings in area of fiber-optic connectivity (such as blind-mate connectors, shuffle cables, various supporting tooling) to support design activities as well as tool adoption on factory floor.\nKeep 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.\nPerform other duties and responsibilities as required.\nHow will you get here?\nEducation:\nRelevant 4-year Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or a similar field is required\nExperience:\n6+ years of photonics communication system (optical engine / transceiver / switch box / networking rack) development or product engineering in the datacom / telecom industry is required\nKnowledge, Skills, Abilities:\nPossesses deep expertise in optical communication links, associated component / module specs and test methods in R&D and manufacturing for defect detection.\nCapable of hands-on setting up of DC/RF electro-optical testbenches, including basic test automation coding in Python or similar.\nHighly detail oriented, highly organized & methodical thinker.\nAble to tackle engineering challenges and devise structured R&D programs for process development.\nIndependent, action-oriented, entrepreneurial, and with high sense of product ownership.\nAble to travel up to 70% both domestically and internationally\nPreferred Qualifications:\nAdvantage to experience working with manufacturing partners / in-house manufacturing of optical communication systems\nAdvantage to product-engineering experience in NPI and volume manufacturing ramp phases of optical communication components / modules / systems.\nStrong preference to advanced degrees in electrical engineering or applied physics\nBE AWARE OF FRAUD: When applying for a job at Jabil you will be contacted via correspondence through our official job portal with a jabil.com e-mail address; direct phone call from a member of the Jabil team; or direct e-mail with a jabil.com e-mail address. Jabil does not request payments for interviews or at any other point during the hiring process. Jabil will not ask for your personal identifying information such as a social security number, birth certificate, financial institution, driver’s license number or passport information over the phone or via e-mail. If you believe you are a victim of identity theft, contact your local police department. Any scam job listings should be reported to whatever website it was posted in.Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.\nAccessibility Accommodation\nIf you are a qualified individual with a disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access Jabil.com/Careers site as a result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an e-mail to  with the nature of your request and contact information. Please do not direct any other general employment related questions to this e-mail. 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