Senior PCS Systems Engineer

Job title: Senior PCS Systems Engineer

About the Role The Senior Systems Engineer is responsible for working directly with customers and ecosystem partners to understand product challenges, create system-level solutions, translate those solutions into product requirements, and drive design-in of Corning's Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) products. The role combines deep technical expertise in semiconductor manufacturing and photonic connectivity with a strong customer-facing orientation, serving as the technical interface between Corning R&D, program management and the business team to shape the future of AI infrastructure in hyperscale data centers.

What You'll Do

• Serve as primary technical point of contact for strategic customers and ecosystem partners throughout the CPO product lifecycle, from early architecture discussions through design-in, qualification, and deployment
• Lead product and system ideation with our customers and partners, with the goal of addressing identified needs through differentiated product offerings
• Translate customer requirements into internal product specifications, ensuring alignment between external needs and Corning's R&D and product development capabilities
• Conduct feasibility studies and develop initial design concepts to be transferred to R&D
• Establish ongoing and trusting relationships with technical counterparts amongst our primary customers and partners within the CPO ecosystem
• Develop a deep understanding of customer applications, the systems in which they operate, and how Corning products function in these applications
• Lead technical deep-dive sessions, architecture workshops, and design reviews with customer engineering teams, including hyperscaler network architects and ASIC/platform engineers
• Perform system-level thermo-mechanical simulations to provide design recommendations
• Deliver compelling technical presentations, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements
• Participate in mapping out market trends and technology roadmaps, identifying key gaps and recommendations in terms of both technology capabilities and new products
• In close collaboration with PLM and Marketing, help refine Corning's value proposition in the context of a deep understanding of the applications and use cases of our CPO solutions
• Collaborate with ASIC partners, packaging houses, laser vendors, and connector suppliers as well as hardware providers to build understanding of next generation requirements
• Act as the voice of the customer inside Corning, driving requirement clarity, feature prioritization, and responsiveness to field feedback
• Establish ongoing and trusting relationships with technical counterparts amongst our primary customers and partners