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Chip Firmware Validation Engineer

Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA

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Infrastructureonsitesenior$185k–$245k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build next-gen photonic AI processors and interconnects at light speed.
  • Validate device firmware stack for Photonic Compute and Interconnect products.
  • Define control architecture with photonics, analog and systems experts.

What they offer

  • 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
  • Equity grants including new hire and annual performance-based equity

Ideal candidate

A hands-on embedded validation engineer who thrives in multidisciplinary teams and loves debugging complex hardware-software systems to power next-gen photonic computing.

Requirements

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5+ years in ASIC firmware validation
  • Strong understanding of hardware-software integration
  • Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses
  • Experience in embedded software development
  • Experience developing commercial or enterprise-level software and firmware on Linux
  • Experience with Git and CMake for building and managing software projects
  • Hands-on experience with data gathering, analysis, and reporting
  • Proficiency with Python, C, C++ and MongoDB

Lab profile

About Lightmatter

Building 3D-stacked photonics engines connecting AI processors at light speed for data centers.

What they build

  • Passage™ 3D-stacked photonics engine
  • Photonic interconnects for AI / HPC data centers

Known for

  • Silicon photonics
  • 3D-stacked packaging
  • High-speed analog / mixed-signal design
  • Electro-optic systems

Key facts

  • Raised $400M Series D
  • $4.4 billion valuation
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