Principal Firmware Engineer
Coherent Corp.4 months ago
Horsham, PA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and develop embedded firmware, control algorithms, and reusable features for optical products.
- Create firmware test processes and perform functional, unit, robustness, and laboratory debugging activities.
- Improve code reusability, execution efficiency, and product performance while maintaining firmware documentation.
- Collaborate with optical, hardware, test, manufacturing, New Product Introduction, and customer teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Resolve sustaining issues, fix legacy-product defects, and implement customer-requested features.
- Mentor junior firmware engineers, lead code reviews, and promote consistent coding standards.
- Support customers and provide technical guidance across global, cross-cultural engineering teams.
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Eight or more years of experience developing embedded and real-time control systems using microcontrollers and FPGA-based hardware.
- Advanced embedded C++ programming and object-oriented design experience.
- Knowledge of NIOS, ARM, and GNU toolchains.
- Experience with laboratory debugging tools, including oscilloscopes and logic analysers.
- Knowledge of digital signal processing and control theory, including filters and open- and closed-loop systems.
- Practical experience with Agile development, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Strong analytical, structured problem-solving, communication, prioritization, and independent-working skills.
- Experience working within global, cross-cultural teams is required; optical communications and assembly-language programming experience is advantageous.
About Coherent Corp.
Coherent Corp. builds lasers, optics, and compound semiconductor components and systems for OEMs in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Its portfolio spans laser machines, optical transceivers, and optoelectronic devices sold through direct sales and global channel partners. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, the company adopted the Coherent name after acquiring Coherent, Inc. in 2022 and is publicly traded on Nasdaq (COHR).