Coherent Corp. · 4 days ago
Lead Verification Engineer
Horsham, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$85K/yr - $166K/yr
5+ years expCoherent Corp. is a global leader in lasers, engineered materials and networking components. They are seeking a Lead Verification Engineer to design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans for optical transmission systems, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure system specifications are met.
Responsibilities
Discuss and review system requirement documents. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze system specifications and technical requirements
Design and develop comprehensive test plans covering functional, performance, and boundary scenarios. Create traceability matrices aligning test cases with system requirements
Conduct end to end testing of optical transmission systems including signal integrity validation, network resilience testing (protection switching, failure recovery), L1 performance benchmarking (BER, Q-factor, latency measurements, etc.) and L0 performance (optical power, spectrum and OSNR)
Develop/maintain Python-based automation script. Implement CI/CD pipelines for regression testing using Jenkins/Gitlab
Create test summary report for each release
Maintain daily sanity tests and run regression tests in each software load. Perform regression testing for software/hardware upgrades
Review customer requirements or issues and propose investigation action
Design new test cases based on customer findings or new feature requests
Execute test cases on new software loads and generate test report
Develop automation scripts for regression test
Qualification
Required
BA or BS in Engineering or Computer Science required
5+ years of experience in communication systems verification test
Experience in automated northbound interface testing: Netconf/YANG, CLI, SNMP
Experience with DWDM optical systems, familiar with EDFA, WSS, OCM and OTDR
Experience with Transponder product, familiar with 100G, 400G, 800G L1 optical module
Experience in testing Linux based embedded systems
Experience in Python or other script language for automation test
Experience in network protocols such as TCP/IP, Ethernet, OTN
Experience in lab bench debugging tools oscilloscopes, optical spectrum analyzers
Programming languages: Python. Familiar with VS code environment
The ability to work independently with guidance from supervisor on specific tasks
Able to work and deliver on an aggressive schedule
Self-starter, highly motivated, dedicated and teamwork oriented
Good written and oral communication skills in English. Knowledge of Chinese is an asset
Company
Coherent Corp.
Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems.
10001+ employees
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