Chip Firmware Validation Engineer
Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA
CHECKED 14H AGO
Infrastructureonsitesenior$185k–$245k
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