Senior/Principal Optical Packaging Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience in advanced semiconductor packaging, optical/photonics packaging, heterogeneous integration, electronic packaging, or related hardware technologies.
• Experience in advanced packaging and assembly, in areas such as 2.5D/3D integration, interposers/RDL, fine-pitch interconnects, die attach/bonding, underfill, moulding, adhesives, and thermal management.
• Experience integrating optical/photonics devices with electronic ICs and package structures.
• Hands-on experience in package development, design validation, reliability qualification, failure analysis, DFM, and manufacturing readiness.
• Experience working with external manufacturing or technology partners.

Nice to Haves

• Master’s degree or PhD in related technical disciplines.
• Experience with co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, optical engines, lasers, or high-speed optical interconnects.
• Experience with advanced packaging technologies like CoWoS, SoIC, EMIB, fan-out packaging, chiplet integration, wafer-level packaging, or interposer-based heterogeneous integration.
• Knowledge of package thermal-mechanical behaviour and reliability.
• Experience developing technologies for AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed networking, datacentre systems, or other high-bandwidth applications.

What You'll Be Doing

• Shape next-generation optical and advanced packaging technologies for AI infrastructure and high-performance computing.
• Work at the intersection of optics, photonics, semiconductor packaging, silicon, networking, and AI system design.
• Influence package architectures integrating various technologies.
• Collaborate across research, engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and product teams.
• Translate advanced research and packaging innovation into scalable technologies.

Perks and Benefits

• Opportunity to work with emerging technologies.
• Collaboration with researchers, product teams, and Tier-1 partners.
• Contribute to real-world product impact.
• Being part of a culture of inclusion and innovation at Microsoft.