Staff/ Sr. Staff HW Test Automation Engineer
Lightmatter · Toronto, ON · Mountain View, CA
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Infrastructureonsitestaff$86k–$120k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build software bringing up photonic chips from bench bring-up to production test.
- Bridge bench engineers and test team driving instruments, probers and automation.
- Prove Passage photonics engine connecting processors at speed of light.
What they offer
- Comprehensive health care plan (medical, dental and vision)
- Retirement savings matching program
- New hire equity grant and annual performance-based equity
- Generous time off and paid family leave
- Training and development and commuter benefits
- Life insurance and short and long term disability
- Flexible, hybrid workplace model
Ideal candidate
Hardware-minded software builder with 8+ years automating semiconductor test who loves hands-on lab work, mentoring others, and turning device physics into reliable, repeatable test systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
- 8+ years in hardware test software, ATE systems, or test architecture, ideally in semiconductor or photonics
- Track record owning test software architecture scaling across projects and teams
- Deep hands-on ATE test method/flow development and instrumentation automation
- History mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional decisions
- Comfortable at hardware/software boundary reasoning about embedded C/C++ and firmware
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