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.
For more information, please visit us at coherent.com.

Coherent Corp.

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Coherent Corp. is a leading technology company that specializes in developing advanced photonics and laser solutions. The company provides a wide range of products and services, including lasers, optics, and optical systems used in communications, life sciences, industrial processes, electronics, and scientific research. Coherent's innovations are crucial for applications in high-speed datacom networking, 3D sensing, medical devices, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing. The company is known for its technological expertise, broad platform offerings, and strong supply chain resilience supporting global advancements.

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. For more information, please visit us at coherent.com. 

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to the IP legal team.
• Correspond with external patent counsel, monitoring and tracking patent office deadlines.
• Maintain and update the IP management system (currently Clarivate Foundation IP), including accurate and timely entry of metadata through the patent lifecycle.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders (inventors, R&D Engineering, businesses, Finance).
• Assist employees with submitting invention disclosures and with IP management system access.
• Organize and file digital patent prosecution documents.
• Organize and file a limited number of paper patent prosecution documents.
• Coordinate execution of legal documents, including both physical and electronic (DocuSign) signatures.
• Generate a quarterly list of patent application filings and patent grants for the inventor award program.
• Assist with preparation and monitoring of the IP budget.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and practices.
• Perform general administrative tasks to support the IP legal team.
• Perform other duties, as required, according to business priorities.

Analyst, Intellectual Property

IP Analyst supporting patent processes in the legal team at Coherent Corp. Involves liaison with stakeholders and documentation management.

project-manager

• Create a project dashboard, manage, and report out on projects status to keep the projects on target for completion.
• Take ownership, make decisions and move projects forward, sometimes with limited direction.
• Manage team budget, tracking spend and provide report out for prior month spend as well as forecast for the next month.
• Assist with meeting preparation, including: 
• Preparing and distributing materials 
• Drafting power points, agendas, capturing meeting minutes, and tracking action items
• Assist in onboarding on new department team members.
• Perform other duties as assigned, depending on team and business priorities.

Project Manager, Paralegal – Legal and Global Affairs

Project Manager/Paralegal role managing projects in legal and global affairs at Coherent. Collaborating with legal leadership and driving project progress in fast-paced environment.

artificial-intelligence

• Lead the enterprise GenAI strategy and multi-year roadmap; bring sustainable methodologies (evals, safety, cost/perf, lifecycle).
• Design, prototype, and ship AI agents/RAG/search, document automation, knowledge assistants, and workflow copilots tied to measurable outcomes.
• Pressure-test external solutions for explainability, sustainability, and model-evolution roadmaps; recommend build vs. buy.
• Partner with IT on platform choice and reference architectures (vector DB, policy/guardrails, observability, prompt/eval stores); guide design for internally built solutions.
• Assist business owners with AI procurement—lead technical due diligence, security/compliance feasibility, and integration planning with commercial and IT.
• Oversee the architecture, design, and deployment of AI/ML solutions across the enterprise with emphasis on:
• Deep learning (CNNs, RNNs, transformers, attention-based architectures)
• Generative AI and LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure/OpenAI Service, Hugging Face)
• Predictive and prescriptive analytics (time series forecasting, anomaly detection, optimization)
• Computer vision and NLP for enterprise use cases (quality inspection, document intelligence, conversational AI)
• Drive enterprise-grade integration of GenAI into business workflows by connecting LLMs to internal knowledge repositories and systems (RAG, agent frameworks, secure APIs).
• Build scalable AI infrastructure and pipelines with CI/CD for ML models.
• Implement monitoring, drift detection, retraining, and explainability frameworks.
• Leverage cloud AI/ML platforms (Azure ML, AWS Sagemaker, GCP Vertex AI) for enterprise deployments.
• Partner with R&D, supply chain, manufacturing, customer operations, and IT to embed AI into core business systems and products.
• Ensure availability of high-quality, governed data pipelines (ETL/ELT, feature stores, vector databases).

Head of Enterprise AI

Head of Enterprise AI leading AI strategy and integration across the enterprise. Overseeing governance and delivering AI solutions within core business systems at Coherent Corp.

program-manager

• Manage and drive products through R&D NPI process, complete Phase Exit gates, and deliver qualified products meeting NPI deliverables to the Operations team.
• Coordinate customer meetings and communications and respond to customer requests.
• Develop and manage the project schedule, communicate status and escalate gaps to plan to stakeholders.
• Serve as primary team interface working with design team, internal support groups, operations team, and marketing.
• Set, manage, and communicate expectations to the project team, management, and other stakeholders.
• Identify and manage project resource constraints, dependencies, and critical paths to accomplish the program goals; resolve issues.
• Manage material supply to ensure build configuration and schedule will support required NPI deliverables.
• Coordinate manufacturing deliverables with manufacturing and supply chain team members.
• Some travel for development activities may be required to enable global team coordination, product transfer, and problem resolution.

Principal Program Manager

Principal Program Manager leading semiconductor product introduction projects for Coherent Corp. Manage R&D NPI process and coordinate with cross-functional teams in a hybrid role.

• Manage projects and programs related to external contract manufacturing of PCBAs.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain, Engineering, and Operations to align project requirements.
• Track project schedules, deliverables, and risks; escalate issues as required.
• Monitor supplier performance and compliance with contractual and quality requirements.
• Support problem resolution and implement corrective actions when needed.
• Provide routine status reporting to management and stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation related to program milestones, supplier performance, and project execution.
• Oversee supplier execution, project planning, and coordination across internal functions to ensure delivery, quality, and cost objectives are met.
• Ensure adherence to site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.
• May be responsible for execution and maintenance of ISO 9000/9001/14001 and other applicable Quality and Environmental Management System standards depending on location.

Program Manager, Contract Manufacturing / PCBAs

Manage PCBA contract manufacturing suppliers at Coherent, a global leader in lasers and engineered materials. Ensure supplier performance, project delivery, quality, and cost objectives.

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. For more information, please visit us at coherent.com.

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