Jobs at Coherent Corp.

Own integrated program plans for strategic customers, connecting product introduction, qualification, supply readiness, production ramp, and customer delivery schedules. Track commitments, manage risks and dependencies, resolve resource conflicts, lead executive reviews, and drive corrective actions. Establish customer operating cadences, communicate program health, and lead cross-functional process improvements. Mentor team members and strengthen planning, escalation, and risk-management practices across global, technically diverse teams.

Leads verification of embedded optical communication systems by reviewing requirements, developing traceable test plans, validating CLI and gRPC management interfaces, and performing end-to-end functional, performance, resilience, and regression testing. Builds Python automation and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins or GitLab, maintains daily sanity tests, investigates customer findings, and prepares release reports. Requires expertise in Linux embedded systems, network protocols, DWDM optical technologies, and lab debugging tools.

Leads embedded software development for optical networking products, including feature design, legacy issue resolution, code reviews, documentation, and system performance improvements. Collaborates with validation, integration, hardware, test, documentation, field applications, and customers. Requires expertise in C/C++, embedded Linux, networking protocols, optical networking systems, Agile development, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

Develop and maintain embedded software and firmware for optical networking products. Design features, resolve legacy-product issues, improve performance, maintain documentation, and collaborate with validation, hardware, optical, and test engineering teams. Coach junior engineers, lead code reviews, support customer and field application interactions, and contribute across Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps workflows. The role requires expertise in C/C++, embedded Linux, networking protocols, optical networking systems, and multi-process and multi-threaded design.

Design, prototype, and verify fiber-optic systems (OTDR, OSA, OPS); troubleshoot product and process issues; support manufacturing transfers; develop new optical technologies and contribute to IP; provide technical sales support and collaborate cross-functionally.