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Working at Cohu

Where Innovation is our Growth Strategy.

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The world is becoming smarter, safer, and more connected and Cohu is here to enable this revolution.

Cohu is comprised of an international team of talented people who work together to advance technology and develop quality products for our customers around the world. Our employees and teams are challenged every day to design, build and deliver technical and business solutions to meet our customer requirements.

Our Employee Voices

“Cohu has an excellent work environment, supported by a caring superior who has guided my development. Cohu has provided extensive career development opportunities, including training sessions and workshops, fostering both personal fulfilment and professional satisfaction. Cohu offers new employees a supportive environment with flexible hours, ample training opportunities, and a culturally rich atmosphere conducive to growth and development.”

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“I have overcome many challenges in my role, one being building a whole new software team in Taiwan. With the guidance of several mentors and great teamwork at Cohu, we grew and completed several projects, leaving me excited to face future challenges.”

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“I have been working at Cohu for 23 years and have deepened my knowledge in technical support and product management. With my commitment to continuously improving products, I can optimally support our customers in the implementation of new features and enhancements. This involves complex technical challenges, but that’s what makes my work so exciting.”

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“Cohu will give you valuable insights into the semiconductor industry and provide ample opportunities to expand your professional network within a multinational corporation. In my experience, the guidance from my superiors has been invaluable, enriching both my personal and professional life by expanding my global network, exposing me to diverse perspectives, and offering international travel opportunities.”

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“I am molded into the engineer I am today thanks to my supportive engineering team. Together, we have worked through every roadblock and made sure that we always strive for continuous improvement. I’ve always believed that Cohu’s best asset is its diverse, highly developed, and passionate workforce; consistently aiming to advance.”

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“I am entrusted with the vital task of shaping the software that powers our cutting-edge machines, working in close concert with our assemblers and engineers. This includes a diverse range of responsibilities and the chance to engage in both technical and strategic endeavors, making my role exceptionally invigorating.”

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Benefits and Programs

We value our employees and offer them generous benefits for themselves and their families, modern workplaces, profit sharing, and a commitment to continuous learning, development and growth. Our employees and teams around the world are encouraged to expand their knowledge and skills through participation in internal and external educational programs.


  • Health and Wellness

    Cohu offers a comprehensive suite of benefits to promote health and wellness for employees and their families.

  • Time Off

    Cohu provides generous time-off programs designed to encourage work/life balance and support unique individual and family needs.

  • Long-term Planning

    Cohu provides retirement programs that let you plan for your future with confidence.

  • Employee Discounts

    Cohu partners with employee discount and reward programs to offer employee savings on entertainment tickets and other perks.

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

    Cohu employees have an opportunity to purchase shares of common stock, through payroll deductions at a discount of the fair market value during an offering period.

  • Educational Assistance

    Cohu encourages employees to expand their knowledge and skills through participation in outside educational programs.

58% (11 of 19 members) of the executive leadership team have been promoted from within.

Talent Development

Our employees and teams around the world are encouraged to expand their knowledge and skills through participation in internal and external educational programs. We have created and deployed robust Leadership Competencies Programs and Guidelines. The online resources are available in multiple languages to all global employees, providing a reference that highlights the behavior and performance standards for individual contributors and people leaders.


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Our global Emerging Leader Program provides just-in-time training for newly promoted and hired leaders, that provides the foundation skills and competencies required to be an effective leader. The program provides a blend of learning methodologies, focusing on self-led courses and several experiential instructor-led courses.

The program highlights essential areas required in a leadership role and provides insights on how to overcome the most common challenges of being a leader. The coursework helps develop key leadership skills such as coaching, delegation, time management, resolving conflict, communicating with different personalities, and performance management.

Our Leadership Development Program is a six-month enterprise-wide development program focused on enhancing leadership skills needed to be effective as leaders rise through their careers at Cohu. Over the course of the program, this group participates in off-sites, receiving leading-edge leadership development content from some of the industries most distinguished vendors. Participants are provided a blend of learning methodologies, giving participants an opportunity to utilize multiple leadership development tools and assessments to enhance self-awareness, self-led e-learning opportunities, as well as instructor led, experiential courses, ensuring that all learning styles were harnessed for maximum learning effectiveness.

The program concludes with a final Capstone Project presentation to the Executive Leadership Team. The Capstone Project, a multifaceted assignment that served as the culmination of the entire experience, allow participants to work together cross-functionally over three months, researching potential solutions to some of Cohu’s most critical strategic business challenges.

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A group of four men smiling and excited, holding their fists up to their chest. They are standing in front of an office table in an office environment.
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A group of 6 men standing around an office table that has laptops, papers, and other office supplies on it. They are smiling and two are sitting at the table.
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A group of 5 men smiling in front of an office table and giving thumbs ups. There are groups of others at desks in the background working.
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A group of 6 people standing around a table of office supplies and coffe cups. They are all very excited and holding their hands up in thumbs up or fists or a peace sign.
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A group of five people smiling and holding their fists up in excitement. Three are sitting at a table and two are standing and there is a projector screen behind them that reads 1m 01.

Specialties within Cohu

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Engineering

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Manufacturing

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Customer-Facing

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Supply Chain

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General & Administrative

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Co-Ops & Internships

Where would you like to work?

Cohu and our subsidiary companies operate in numerous countries globally.  We have R&D, manufacturing, sales, technical support and service operations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. We provide workplaces that are free of harassment and unlawful discrimination and endeavors to provide workplaces that are productive, pleasant, and based on mutual respect.

United States

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San Diego, California

Product Development and HQ


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Norwood, Massachusetts

Product Development


  • A one story beige building with a Cohu sign with trees on either side of the entrance and four cars in the foreground.
  • Approximately 11 people outside watching two groups of people carve pumpkins. One group is using a stencil and a carving kit.
  • A group of 17 people smiling and standing in front a row of windows each holding a box.
  • A woman playing cornhole indoors and about to toss a bag. Behind her, are three rows of chairs and a large TV screen.
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St. Paul, Minnesota

Product Development


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  • A group of 4 men standing, smiling in front of a brick building and glass windows. Two men are wearing grey shirts and two are wearing blue shirts.
  • A group of 4 people sitting together at a picnic table smiling with food and drinks on the table in front of them.
  • A group of 6 people sitting at a picnic table smiling with food and drinks on the table. There is a group of three at another table in the background.
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Lincoln, Rhode Island

Manufacturing Operations


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  • A man looks through a microscope with his back to the camera. There is a blank computer screen in the background.
  • Three robotic arms hovering over a table. The table is filled with probes and various containers and wires lying around.
  • Man holding a rectangular piece of plastic with many small holes in it under a large magnifier with a light on it. A computer screen in the background shows the magnified image.
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Seattle, Washington

Product Development



Asia

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Penang, Malaysia

Manufacturing Operations


  • A building comprised of three distinct sections - one cylindrical, one a taller rectangle, and a smaller square one with Cohu on the front. The buildings are all shades of grey and blue and reflective with three cars parked in front of the buildings.
  • A group of 12 people smiling and overall happy holding their hands up at a restaurant.
  • Three men and one woman in an office space holding up golden ribbon and smiling. One man and one woman are wearing masks.
  • A group of about 58 people smiling and standing in front of a long table with a white tablecloth in a restaurant.
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Melaka, Malaysia

Manufacturing Operations


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  • Approximately 70 people smiling in a group outside holding a banner that reads Cohu and individual letters that spell out Fun Run 2024.
  • A group of 16 people wearing colorful outfits in celebration of Eid al-Fitr in an office setting.
  • A group of 13 people smiling and holding peace signs in a bowling alley.
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Laguna, Philippines

Manufacturing Operations


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  • A group of 13 women standing in a line together, smiling and making heart signs with their fingers in an office environment.
  • Approximately 21 people standing in a gymnasium holding up their right hands and holding balloons in their left hands. They are wearing coordinated colorful team jerseys and there are 3 different teams visible.
  • A group of 17 people standing together smiling wearing black shirts. They are surrounded by bright colored balloons and neon lights.
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Singapore

Product Development


  • A five story building with a red brick exterior and horizontal glass windows, showing the front of the building with the main entrance. There are seven palm trees visible and the words 6 Serangoon on the building.
  • A group of about 80 men and women smiling for a picture in a tall room with white walls and EQT written on the back wall.
  • Two men sitting at a pottery wheel working on a piece of clay while a man looks on in the background.
  • Eight women sitting at a table at a restaurant smiling with half eaten plates of food and drinks on the table.
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Korea

Product Development


  • An open office space with chairs and monitors. There is a wall of windows in the back with a TV mounted to the wall and Cohu on the wall.
  • Five men on a turf field while one man has the soccer ball at his feet. The turf is enclosed by a fence and an orange building is in the background.
  • A group of 31 people smiling outside wearing santa hats and holding individual letters that spell out Cohu Team Korea.
  • Two men play ping pong indoors at a table. One man is wearing a mask and there are windows in the background.
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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Product Development


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  • Three men and one woman standing together smiling with two people making the peace sign with their hands.
  • One man and one woman smiling with the man's arm around the woman.
  • Two men and one woman smiling and holdin up red envelopes. One man is holding up the peace sign.
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Osaka, Japan

Product Development


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  • A cluttered production floor with people in white coats, sitting and standing, and cords hanging from the ceiling.
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China

Product Development


  • Building made of brick and with many windows and stands six stories tall surrounded by trees and other greenery.
  • A group of 14 people smiling and four holding signs in Chinese. They are standing in front of a blue backdrop banner with Chinese characters on it.
  • Three men standing in front of a projector screen with their arms outstretched. The projector is showing a dance video in Chinese. The carpet is red and there are balloons around the room.
  • A group of eleven men standing around a round table with food and dishes. The men are all looking at the camera and giving thumbs ups.
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Europe

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La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Product Development


  • An aerial image of a one story building, lined with windows and with a sign that reads Cohu. There is a defined, paved path to enter lined with shrubs and cars in the foreground of the parking lot.
  • A group of approximately 80 people wearing light blue shirts smiling outside in front of a building that has a sign that reads Cohu.
  • A group of over 20 people running in a race along a paved road surrounded by greenery and race flags lining the path.
  • A group of 10 people together, all wearing various shades of pink shirts. They are in front of a white wall adorned with pictures of Cohu products.
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Kolbermoor, Germany

Product Development


  • A two story white building lined with windows set in the background. A black sign that reads Cohu and a green grass lawn are in the foreground with cars off to the right.
  • A group of 14 men sitting together outsde at a picnic table with beer and silverware on the table. Only one man is smiling and looking at the camera while the rest are in conversation with one another.
  • A group of 5 men standing together in an open field with trees in the background. Three of the men are holding ropes that are attached to a bucket at the other end.
  • A group of 11 men standing together smiling. They are standing indoors in front of an indoor race track with tables and chairs beside them.
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Grenoble, France

Product Development


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Agrate, Italy

Product Development


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