Electro-Optic Link Hardware Engineer
Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA
CHECKED 13H AGO
Infrastructureonsitestaff$155k–$190k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead verification of high-speed electro-optic links across silicon programs
- Debug novel failure modes at the bench for AI data center photonics
- Influence chip, package and system architecture from bench findings
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
Hands-on photonics hardware leader who lives at the bench and owns tough debug end-to-end. You mentor senior engineers while staying deeply technical and shaping architecture from measured data.
Requirements
- MS/PhD in EE, Photonics, Physics with 8+ years experience or BS/MS with 10+ years
- Ownership of verification strategy for a full silicon/system program
- Deep expertise in 56G/112G/224G+ serial links, SerDes equalization and signal integrity
- Hands-on lab experience leading investigations that stalled others
- Strong Python/MATLAB for team-used automation frameworks
- Proficiency with VNA, scopes, BERTs, TDRs and tools like ADS, HFSS, Cadence, COMSOL
- Track record mentoring engineers
- remote policy
- hybrid
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