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Principal Optical Packaging Engineer

📍 Location
cambridge
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 01, 2026

About the Role

**Overview**

At Microsoft Research, we are shaping the future of AI infrastructure by pursuing high-risk and high-reward programs that will define the next generation of AI platforms. Our work spans the full stack, models, systems, software, and hardware, and we partner with product teams across Microsoft to turn research breakthroughs into impact at scale. Through close collaboration with industry partners, the team bridges research and production, translating hardware innovation into working prototypes and manufacturable solutions for next-generation AI infrastructure. You will join a multidisciplinary team working at the intersection of optics, electronics, photonics, packaging, networking, and AI system design.

We are seeking an experienced Optical Packaging Engineer with deep expertise in co-packaged optics and advanced packaging technologies. The successful candidate will play a critical role in bridging photonic devices, electronic ICs, and system-level integrati...

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