Coherent Corp. · 1 month ago
Sr. Principal, Field Applications Engineer, Seattle
48800 Milmont Drive, Fremont, CA, 94538, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $215K/yr
7+ years expCoherent Corp. is a global leader in lasers and networking components, and they are seeking a Sr. Principal, Field Applications Engineer to provide technical support to major customers in the Seattle metro area. The role involves pre-sales and post-sales support for optical communications products, requiring strong technical expertise and excellent communication skills.
Semiconductors
Responsibilities
Provide application, test, and quality support for key customers in the SF Bay Area for Coherent’s optical communications products, primarily optical transceivers/transponders/active optical cables for fiber optic networking. Position is remotely based in the Seattle area
Support customer qualifications of Coherent products. Emphasis on handling issues associated with meeting customer performance and reliability requirements. Technical support and troubleshooting may be either a pre-sales or post-sales activity
Engage in discussion with customers and respond to direct technical inquiries
Drive customer product test and reliability requirements through the internal Coherent organization
Write Application Notes and white papers relevant to product application and test and for sales and customer distribution
Prepare and deliver product application presentations to customers and internal organization as appropriate
Analyze customer specifications and establish gap analyses
Provide customer system design feedback to both marketing and engineering
Provide occasional technical and customer support at trade shows as needed
Work as a team member with other FAEs worldwide
Some domestic and international travel may be required
Qualification
Required
BS in engineering/sciences minimum
7 years in the communications industry with working experience in technical positions
Strong technical background
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work directly with customers and internal teams
Strong technical and debugging skills
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Computer literate education and experience w/ Microsoft products, Oracle, Salesforce
Can work independently and within a team environment
Must be able to do occasional light lifting (max 25 lbs)
Preferred
MS or higher preferred
Customer-facing experience a plus
Problem solving skills related to electronic/electrical, mechanical, and/or photonics
Familiarity with networking equipment including work with optical transceivers is a plus
Company
Coherent Corp.
Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Coherent Corp. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (20)
2024 (18)
2023 (16)
2022 (6)
2021 (7)
2020 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Julie Eng
Chief Technology Officer
Yajun Wang
Networking Segment CTO
Recent News
GlobeNewswire
2025-12-19
2025-10-07
Company data provided by crunchbase