Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage™, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.
Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!
If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.
Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!
About this Role
We are looking for a talented system design engineer to help us build the next generation of silicon photonics based artificial intelligence accelerators and interconnect products.
As a Board Design Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering board and system solutions using Lightmatter’s innovative technology to create state of the art machine learning/artificial intelligence or massive scale-out interconnect platforms. You will work closely with our hardware and software teams, including mechanical, packaging, and IC engineering, to design and build leading edge system level products.
Responsibilities
- Electrical design of power, memory, and interconnect circuits, working in both the analog and digital domains
- Identify electrical and optical components to fit the application based on specifications provided by the IC and photonics engineering teams
- Review PCB Layout designs, providing complete and detailed electrical constraint rules
- Ensure the board and system is manufacturable to the latest technologies with high yield and robustness
- Circuit modeling, design, and vendor sourcing for board and system components
- Test prototype assemblies and perform laboratory validation of boards and systems
- Support contract manufacturing during prototype and production phase to resolve any issues
- Work with component vendors and other supply partners
- Research new components, processes, and technologies to meet product goals
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or in a related field
- Experience in schematic design using Cadence, Mentor, or Altium tool set (Altium preferred)
- Hands-on experience performing lab experiments and debugging such as the ability to non-intrusively instrument circuit components for analysis and troubleshooting
- Experience with electrical instruments such as: Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG), Oscilloscope, Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), Voltmeter, and Source Measure Unit (SMU)
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of MatLab, Python, or other programming languages
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or in a related field
We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Savings Matching Program
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Paid Family Leave
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
- Equity grants
Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
Export Control
Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.