Lead IC Applications Engineer
Coherent Corp.Santa Clara, California, United States
Posted November 11, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Coherent is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components.
Job Description
Lead IC Applications Engineer position at Coherent Corp. Designs and develops ASICs for high-speed fiber optic communications and other applications. Leads creation of customer facing collateral and provides technical support to customers.
Requirements
- B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering + 10 years of experience, or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering + 7 years of experience, or PhD in Electrical Engineering + 5 years of experience.
- Hands-on PCB/PCBA and RF/mmWave board design and development experience.
- Experience with creation of IC product collateral such as evaluation kits (board, BOM, user guide, GUI etc.), application notes, and datasheets.
- Experience with technical customer support.
- Experience with RF measurements and automation in Python, C or similar.
- Experience with Lab equipment such as PNAs, Spectrum Analyzers, AWGs, DCAs, SMUs and others used in the validation of high-speed ICs & Eval boards.
- Automation and data processing through Python is required.
- Basic knowledge of microcontroller, DSP, and/or FPGA programming is preferred.
- Knowledge of fiber-optic communication systems and transceivers (IMDD, coherent) is a plus.