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Staff/Sr Staff Electrical Design Engineer

Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA

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Infrastructureonsitestaff$186k–$250k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead board and system designs for photonics AI accelerators.
  • Develop next-gen silicon photonics interconnect platforms.
  • Own HW systems from concept to production release.

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

Veteran hardware systems builder with 8+ years taking complex products from concept to production. Hands-on integrator who loves lab validation and cross-functional collaboration to push AI infrastructure forward.

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 and interfaces like PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C
  • 5+ years in lab experimentation, non-intrusive circuit debugging and leading cross-functional integration
  • Experience with thermal solutions for ICs and board-level systems
  • Familiar with PLM tools like Oracle Agile, Arena, or Omnify and BOM/ECO management
remote policy
Flexible, hybrid workplace model

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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