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Sr/Staff Digital Design Engineer

Lightmatter · Toronto, ON · Boston, MA · Mountain View, CA

Infrastructureonsitesenior / staff$123k–$175k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Develop ASIC for next-gen AI computing architecture with world-class team.
  • Integrate silicon photonic communication tech into digital accelerator designs.
  • Help build the world's first optical computers for extreme-scale data centers.

What they offer

  • Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Savings Matching Program
  • New hire equity grant plus annual performance-based equity
  • Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Paid Family Leave
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Flexible, hybrid workplace model

Ideal candidate

Experienced chip designer with multiple tapeouts who thrives on complex challenges and innovation. Passionate about high-performance, low-power design and collaborating across disciplines to reinvent computing with light.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related fields
  • At least 5 years of experience in ASIC design or similar high-speed chip design with multiple successful tape outs
  • Proficiency in SystemVerilog or Verilog for digital logic design
  • Proven experience debugging complex logic and mixed-signal simulations using industry-standard EDA tools
  • Demonstrated track record of delivering high-performance, low-power digital designs in advanced process nodes
remote policy
flexible 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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