Sr. Staff Physical Design Timing Engineer (STA)
Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA · Toronto, ON
CHECKED 15H AGO
Infrastructureonsitestaff$220k–$270k
At a glance
Highlights
- Drive STA sign-off for flagship silicon photonics chips at various nodes.
- Help optimize backend execution for photonics-based interconnect solutions.
- Enable extreme-scale AI data centers with 3D-stacked photonics engine.
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
- New hire equity grant and annual performance-based equity
Ideal candidate
A detail-oriented problem solver with deep physical design experience who thrives on innovation and collaboration to tackle industry-first timing challenges and drive impactful chip delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
- 12 years of Physical Design experience, with minimum 5 years hands-on ASIC STA and timing constraints development and timing closure
- Experience driving timing closure managing on-chip variation derates, multi-mode multi-corner constraints, and clock tree strategies
- Well versed with scripting languages like TCL and Python, PERL, or Shell
- Strong problem solving skills with attention to every technical aspect
- Strong team player with clear and precise 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