
Senior Principal Optical Engineer
Coherent Corp.
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Santa Clara • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $127,875 - $223,813 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Conduct all activities in a manner consistent with Coherent’s corporate values and Code of Conduct
- Provide professional technical support to internal departments, sales and marketing teams worldwide, and customers as needed
- Introduce and help develop efficient and improved methods for optical system assembly and inspection as needed
- Involved directly with new product development projects incorporating optical, electrical, mechanical, software and system integration engineering functions
- Ensure meeting project schedule and timelines and milestones, and the completion of complex cross-disciplinary activities within project team
- Conduct and well manage design documents, ECR/ECO, design change implementation in new product release process
- Communicates project status and progresses to management as appropriate, including recommendations on resources, process development, and product improvement and management
- Individual contributor on the project team in addition to project management responsibilities.
Requirements
- MS or Ph. D in Optics, Optical Engineering, Opto-mechanical instrumentation
- 10+ years’ experience in design, simulation, testing, and inspection of fiber optics, optical imaging systems, laser, illumination or other optical systems
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in optical design and simulations for fiber optics, Si-Photonics, laser, life science, LiDAR, machine vision and other related industries
- Strong foundation in Si-Photonics, optics, physics, fiber optics, optical networks system
- Proficient in using optical design tools – e.g. OptiStudio, Code-V etc. to do Optical system design, simulations, optimization, tolerance analysis
- Hands-on experiences in optical design for industries within semiconductors, fiber optics, machine vision, and laser
- Knowledgeable and experienced with precision mechanical components and manufacturing, materials for fiber optical modules and assemblies
- Able to utilize various equipment and to develop test plans for optical devices and optical components, assemblies and systems for engineering and production
- Ability to communicate in Mandarin Chinese is preferable
- Preferred U.S. Citizen or Permanent Residence due to possible sensitive IP discussion with U.S. customers.
Benefits
- Regular use of a computer and other office equipment
- Interaction with team members and external contacts is a regular part of the job
- May require occasional overtime and flexibility in work hours to accommodate the executive’s needs
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Hard Skills & Tools
optical designsimulationtestinginspectionoptical systemsSi-Photonicslaserilluminationtolerance analysisoptical system optimization
Soft Skills
communicationproject managementteam collaborationproblem-solvingresource management
Certifications
MS in OpticsPh.D. in Optical Engineering