Senior Optical System Integration Lead

COHERENT; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Coherent Corp. in Fremont, CA is seeking a senior technical leader to drive hyperscale optical qualification and interoperability across R&D, operations, and external partners. You will own cross-functional issue resolution and provide concise executive updates during bring-up, qualification, and ramp cycles.

The role emphasizes hands-on support, customer engagement, and delivering rapid, data-driven decisions for high-speed optical products at scale.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years in technical marketing, customer engineering, systems engineering, or technical program management for optical transceivers, networking, or datacenter hardware.
• Strong working knowledge of optical module qualification, firmware and system bring-up, CMIS, telemetry or DDM, power and thermal trade-offs, and switch or NIC interoperability.
• Proven ability to influence hyperscale customers and lead cross-functional teams across R&D, operations, quality, and external partners to close urgent technical issues.
• Excellent communication and program leadership: concise executive updates, clear decision options, and data-driven problem solving.
• Experience supporting 800G or 1.6T qualification, or similar high-speed optical products with hyperscale customers, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical engagement with hyperscale AI/cloud networking infrastructure, networking, qualification, and sourcing teams to align product configuration, performance targets, telemetry needs, and sample plans.
• Drive readiness before customer shipment by coordinating demo hardware or EVB, reference firmware, interoperability coverage, tolerance testing, corner-condition calibration, and proactive system-level verification.
• Own cross-functional issue resolution for firmware and system integration, CMIS interpretation, power and thermal limits, optical performance, telemetry, and manufacturing issues; ensure fast response and closure plans.
• Coordinate with switch, NIC, and system vendors and internal product lines to remove interoperability blockers and improve first-pass qualification success at customer.
• Provide clear executive updates, risk registers, and trade-off recommendations covering schedule, capacity, yield, BOM diversity, and customer commitments.
• Build long-term trust with customer engineering leaders through regular onsite and offsite reviews and hands-on support during bring-up, qualification, and ramp.

Skills

Hyperscale networking

Cross-functional leadership

Telemetry & DDM

CMIS interpretation

Power & thermal trade-offs

Executive updates

High-speed optics

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in EE/Physics/Optics

Tools

CMIS

Job description

Coherent Corp. in Fremont, CA is seeking a senior technical leader to drive hyperscale optical qualification and interoperability across R&D, operations, and external partners. You will own cross-functional issue resolution and provide concise executive updates during bring-up, qualification, and ramp cycles.

The role emphasizes hands-on support, customer engagement, and delivering rapid, data-driven decisions for high-speed optical products at scale.