<div class="content-intro"><p>Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage™, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.</p> <p>Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!</p> <p>If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.</p> <p>Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!</p></div><h3><strong>Staff Electrical Design Engineer</strong></h3> <p>We are looking for a Staff Electrical Design Engineer to contribute to the development of the next generation of silicon photonics based artificial intelligence accelerators and interconnect products.</p> <p>In this role, you will lead board and system solutions that leverage Lightmatter’s technology to enable advanced machine learning, artificial intelligence, and large-scale interconnect platforms. </p> <p>You will lead and own Hardware systems efforts, collaborate closely with teams across hardware and software, including mechanical, packaging, and IC engineering, to design, integrate, troubleshoot and release system-level products at the leading edge of innovation.</p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Collaborate with the system architect and technical leads to define system-level hardware requirements and spec.</li> <li>Electrical design of power, memory, and interconnect circuits, working in both the analog and digital domains.</li> <li>Identify electrical and optical components to fit the application based on specifications provided by the IC and photonics engineering teams.</li> <li>Starting from fundamental concepts and system considerations you will develop conceptual designs, physical modeling, and simulations of chip-modules and systems.</li> <li>Oversee and review PCB layout designs, providing complete and detailed electrical constraint rules.</li> <li>Ensure the board and system is manufacturable to the latest technologies with high yield and robustness.</li> <li>Qualification of chip and system electrical properties.</li> <li>Perform laboratory validation of boards and systems.</li> <li>Lead integration with mechanical, software, IC, and other related teams.</li> <li>Support contract manufacturing during prototype and production phase to resolve any issues.</li> <li>Work with component vendors and other supply partners.</li> <li>Research new components, processes, and technologies to meet product goals.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Qualifications</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.</li> <li>8+ years of related experience in system-level electrical design, having successfully taken several products from concept to production.</li> <li>Proficient in schematic design using Cadence, Mentor, or Altium tool set (Altium preferred).</li> <li>In depth knowledge on VRMs, high speed SERDES, CPUs and various interfaces/protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C, etc.</li> <li>5+ years of experience in lab experimentation, non-intrusive circuit debugging, and leading cross-functional integration teams.</li> <li>Experience in working with thermal solutions for integrated circuits and their board level systems.</li> <li>Familiar with Product Lifecycle Management tools, e.g. Oracle Agile, Arena, or Omnify PLM with an understanding of BOM and ECO management.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Experience designing electrical systems for networking or similar industries.</li> <li>Knowledge of integrated circuit layout, and designing a carrier PCBA for it. </li> <li>Knowledge of common manufacturing and design processes.</li> <li>Familiarity with Systems Engineering principles.</li> <li>Familiar with 3D Mechanical CAD tools, e.g. Solidworks or AutoCAD.</li> </ul> <p>This role is open to two levels Staff and Sr Staff. Leveling placement and salary range is dependent on education, years of experience, and interview performance.</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.</p></div><div class="title">Salary Range: total compensation goes beyond base salary, it also includes a new hire equity grant, annual performance-based equity, and other rewards that recognize your impact and contribution.</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$186,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$250,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h3>Benefits</h3> <div> <ul> <li>Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)</li> <li>Retirement Savings Matching Program</li> <li>Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)</li> <li>Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick