Key facts
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA, United States
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Pay
- Not stated
- Contract
- Not stated
- Detected
- 3 Nov 2026
- Posted
- 27 Jul 2026
About the role
Job Summary: Coherent is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer in the CTO Office to help define, evaluate, and incubate advanced photonics technology directions for optical I/O, high-performance compute, and communications infrastructure. This role combines deep technical judgment with roadmap contribution, technology scouting, project leadership, and early feasibility definition. The position will work with CTO Office technical leadership, internal engineering teams, business groups, and external
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