Staff Electrical Design Engineer
Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA
Infrastructureonsitestaff$186k–$250k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead board and system solutions for next-gen silicon photonics AI accelerators.
- Develop extreme-scale interconnect platforms connecting processors at light speed.
- Own hardware systems from concept and modeling through lab validation.
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
Seasoned hardware systems leader who thrives owning complex products end-to-end. You love tackling cutting-edge challenges at the intersection of electronics and photonics and collaborating across disciplines to ship innovation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
- 8+ years in system-level electrical design taking products from concept to production
- Proficient in schematic design using Cadence, Mentor, or Altium (Altium preferred)
- In-depth knowledge of VRMs, high-speed SERDES, CPUs, PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C
- 5+ years lab experimentation, circuit debugging, and leading cross-functional integration
- Experience with thermal solutions for ICs and board-level systems
- Familiar with PLM tools and BOM/ECO management
- 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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