Photonic Architect, Temp
Lightmatter · Toronto, ON
Infrastructureonsite$37–$49
At a glance
Highlights
- Join Passage transceiver team architecting photonics for AI data centers.
- Simulate end-to-end optical links including polarization and reflections.
- Correlate simulations with remote testing on Lightmatter hardware.
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
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
Ideal candidate
A PhD researcher in photonics or optical communications who loves solving complex physics problems and connecting simulations to real hardware. Highly motivated, curious about commercial silicon photonics, and an excellent communicator.
Requirements
- Pursuing a PhD in Photonics, Optics, or Electrical Engineering with specialization in optical communications
- Experience with optical link simulations in VPIphotonics, Matlab, Virtuoso or ADS
- Coursework in electromagnetics, semiconductor devices/physics, optics, computing and signals
- Experience with Python programming
- Understanding of data collection and analysis
- Highly motivated to learn commercial silicon photonics applications
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- 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
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