Full-Time
Senior Optical Engineer
Foxconn Industrial Internet
1,001-5,000 employees
Designs and manufactures intelligent manufacturing solutions
Compensation Overview
$140k - $180k/yr
San Jose, CA, USA
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Bachelor's, Master's
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- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of experience in optical engineering, optical testing, or optical manufacturing/New Product Introduction supporting complex hardware systems in laboratory or production environments.
- Proven experience troubleshooting optical path issues, including fiber connectors, end-face quality, contamination control, and optical signal integrity.
- Hands-on experience implementing optical measurement systems, including automation, calibration, data logging, and traceability.
- Experience defining and validating optical inspection and cleaning processes in collaboration with cross-functional or customer teams.
- Strong experimental and analytical skills with experience conducting structured experiments using Design of Experiments methodologies and applying data-driven decision making.
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation and communicate findings to engineering and manufacturing teams.
- Lead deep-dive investigations of complex optical path issues, identify root causes, and drive improvements across design, test, fixtures, and manufacturing processes through structured experiments and Design of Experiments methodologies.
- Partner with New Product Introduction and Test Engineering teams to develop manufacturable optical measurement strategies, including selecting and integrating optical test equipment for product development and production environments.
- Collaborate with customers and internal teams to define and implement optical inspection and cleaning processes to improve yield, reduce retest rates, and maintain optical performance standards.
- Support Site Acceptance Testing for automated optical inspection and cleaning systems by defining acceptance criteria, conducting qualification and correlation studies, and closing readiness gaps before production release.
- Qualify optical test equipment and stations through measurement system analysis, including Cg/Cgk, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and station-to-station correlation studies.
- Analyze production and test data to identify performance gaps and implement corrective actions before mass production.
- Document technical findings, validation results, and process improvements to support design and manufacturing readiness.
- Experience with optical switching products or high-speed networking optics, including fiber-based interconnects, optical modules, or optical assemblies.
- Familiarity with high-speed optical link testing and performance metrics such as bit error rate, eye diagrams, jitter margin, and signal integrity analysis.
- Experience supporting equipment qualification and production readiness, including Site Acceptance Testing planning and execution.
- Working knowledge of measurement system capability analysis including Cg/Cgk, gauge repeatability and reproducibility, and correlation studies.
- Experience working with mechanical designs and interpreting two-dimensional and three-dimensional computer-aided design drawings.
Foxconn Industrial Internet designs and manufactures advanced technology hardware and offers intelligent manufacturing services to large tech firms, centered on automation and the industrial internet. Its offerings span design, hardware like Nvidia GB200 AI servers, switches/routers, data-center gear, industrial robots, plus cloud/edge computing platforms and edge solutions (Lighthouse Factory, FII Cloud with Tencent Cloud, Fog Cerebellum) to digitize data and optimize production. It differentiates itself by acting as a full design-to-manufacture partner with scale, exclusive assembly of premium AI servers, and a focus on high-margin cloud, networking, and AI-related services, backed by Foxconn. Its goal is to move beyond traditional contract manufacturing into high-value technology services, expanding AI-server and data-center businesses and venturing into EVs and semiconductor test automation.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Shenzhen, China
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- First-quarter 2026 revenue rose 56.5% to RMB 251.1 billion, with profit doubling.
- March 2026 Mexico investment added US$136 million for AI server capacity.
- Foxconn expects 2026 AI server rack shipments to double, expanding global share.
What critics are saying
- Vicor’s ITC order, finalized February 2025, targets FII USA imports into America.
- Foxconn’s 2026 Mexico expansion faces tariffs, permits, and cross-border supply-chain disruption.
- Margins remain thin; 2025 profit lagged expectations despite record revenue and AI demand.
What makes Foxconn Industrial Internet unique
- Fii supplies Nvidia GB200 server assembly, anchoring Foxconn’s AI infrastructure scale.
- Mexico became Fii’s largest overseas manufacturing base, with 2025 revenue above RMB 307 billion.
- Its cloud computing segment hit RMB 602.679 billion in 2025, led by AI servers.
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Chinese companies reached record overseas revenue in 2025, led by PetroChina, Foxconn Industrial Internet, BYD and Luxshare Precision Industry. PetroChina's overseas crude output rose 1.8% to nearly 168 million barrels, whilst FII reported 56% of revenue from mainland factories and over one-third from its Mexico plant. FII's growth was driven by demand for AI servers. BYD expanded abroad as domestic competition intensified, with 2025 net profit falling 19% year-on-year, though overseas markets reportedly offer higher margins above 28%. Chinese manufacturers are increasingly establishing local factories in Hungary, Brazil and Thailand to navigate trade barriers. However, this strategy brings new risks: BYD was added to Brazil's "dirty list" over alleged labour violations at a factory construction project, potentially limiting financing access.
Foxconn Industrial Internet's net income more than doubled to a record 10.6 billion yuan ($1.6 billion), but fell short of analyst expectations of 12.4 billion yuan. The company benefited less than anticipated from China's artificial intelligence boom, according to a Tuesday filing. The results suggest the AI-driven growth in China's industrial sector may not be translating into profits as strongly as investors had hoped for the manufacturing giant.
Foxconn invests additional $168m in Mexico.
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