Intern – Optical Communication Research and Development

Coherent Corp

Apr 24

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Research & Development
Fremont

Requirements

Education & Experience:
Working toward a 4-year college degree or Graduate student in the field of electrical/chemical/mechanical engineering or physics
Skills:
Understanding of material properties and experimental techniques
Basic data analysis
Presentation skills

Responsibilities

Contribute to the introduction of a new laser product.
Work under the guidance of senior engineers to understand all the components that go into a coherent transceiver.
Review vendor specifications for electro-optical components such as drivers, TIAs, and silicon photonics PICs.
Carry out process experiments, for example to establish new epoxies and curing profiles.
Work with mechanical engineers to design and procure test fixtures.
Prepare informal presentations for the team weekly sync-up meeting.
Laser Related:
Attend remote meetings with the laser chip design team in Sweden.
Read theory on wavelength locking techniques.
Go through the existing laser calibration routine and look for inefficiencies.
Run calibration routines on early samples for a new laser product.
Silicon Photonics Related:
Evaluate improvements in coupling efficiency depending on the refractive index of adhesives.
Run experiments and perform statistical analysis of results.
Based on the above results, develop a hypothesis on the relationship between adhesive properties and the coupling efficiency.
Present results to the R&D team.

Coherent Corp

Leader in Materials, Networking, and Lasers for the Industrial, Communications, Electronics & Instrumentation Markets

Manufacturing & Electronics

Industry

10,001+

Employees

1971

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Coherent empowers market innovators to define the future through breakthrough technologies, from materials to systems. We deliver innovations that resonate with our customers in diversified applications for the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets. Headquartered in Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, Coherent has research and development, manufacturing, sales, service, and distribution facilities worldwide.