Sr SDET– Firmware Automation
Lightmatter · Boston, MA; Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · Mountain View, CA · Toronto, ON
CHECKED 15H AGO
Infrastructureonsitesenior$178k–$225k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build HIL automation that tests firmware on real photonic hardware.
- Own test framework architecture across products, sites and teams.
- Help reinvent computing with light for extreme-scale AI data centers.
What they offer
- Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Savings Matching Program
- Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Paid Family Leave
- Training & Development
- New hire equity grant and annual performance-based equity
Ideal candidate
Senior embedded software engineer who loves building test infrastructure and working at the bench with hardware. Thrives bridging firmware and systems teams and mentoring others on quality and testability.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development, primarily on embedded products, including designing test frameworks and infrastructure
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Architected and built from scratch at least one automation framework or HIL system adopted by other engineers in daily use
- Strong Python for fixture and abstraction layers, hardware drivers, and plugin/configuration architectures
- Working fluency in embedded C/C++ to read firmware drivers and test edge cases
- Experience owning CI/CD pipelines running tests on physical hardware including runner health and recovery
- Track record delivering robust automation under fast-changing requirements and hardware
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