Principal Field Applications Engineer

Coherent Corp. US • Horsham, PA

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About The Position

The position involves providing customer technical support, conducting customer demos and trials, and offering technical training and documentation. The role requires a strong background in optical communication technologies and the ability to work collaboratively with internal teams to resolve customer issues. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring trial success through pre-testing and providing feedback to product development teams.

Requirements

• M.Sc. or B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Physics
• 8+ years working experience in optical communication companies as technical support manager or engineer, development engineer or system verification engineer
• Experience with coherent optical transceivers, DWDM, OTN, optical network architectures, and network management protocols
• Experience investigating field issues and RMA support
• Experience using and troubleshooting network management system
• Experience in coding Python script is preferred
• Experience in product development is preferred

Responsibilities

• Quick response technical support for customer issues or inquiries
• Review with R&D team and conduct any necessary pre-testing to ensure trial success
• Perform testing at customer site as required
• Work with internal teams to resolve customer issues and complete Root Cause Analysis
• Provide technical support for PLM and Quality team customer interactions
• Review PLM and R&D product specifications, providing real-world feedback to new product development
• Review and/or propose test scope and detailed plan for customer demos and trials
• New product installation and operation training for the front line customer support team
• Provide technical Customer Installation and Operating documentation

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees