Lightmatter

Lightmatter

Principal Field Application Engineer

Mountain View, CA · Principal · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$250k-$300kDetected 2 days ago
C++MATLABValuationCustomer SupportHardware DesignSignal ProcessingSimulinkProblem SolvingPublic Speaking

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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role

  • 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.
  • Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion.

Responsibilities

  • Provide the full technical support of the customer HSIO design, including the early technical assessment, design scheme discussion, hardware design review, hardware debug support and other critical trouble shootings
  • Work as the field expert on HSIO area, to provide the in-depth training and guidance of the HSIO design to the FAE team, to create and share the related technical articles and reference designs
  • Work collaboratively with Lightmatter Engineering in supporting customer design wins and communicating progress updates to customer engineering leads
  • 10+ years of work related experience in a high-tech electronics industry with high-speed serial I/O design, including transceiver architecture, CDR, DFE or other
  • In-depth knowledge of the signal integrity, power integrity simulation and the related hardware design. Be familiar with the SI/PI EDA simulation tools and models, eg. Keysight ADS
  • Previous experience developing and delivering technical presentations to both executive management and cross-functional engineering teams and external clients

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
  • Experience working with silicon photonics and/or optical transceiver
  • In-depth knowledge of semiconductor and laser technology
  • Domestic and International travel required
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently are essential to being successful in the role.

Nice to have

  • Familiar with the digital signal processing theory and the related tools, like Matlab Simulink
  • C, C++ and other software experience
  • Experience working in customer facing role acting as the domain expert for silicon photonics/optics
  • Sales Compensation

Compensation

  • We offer competitive compensation.

Benefits

  • 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
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Equity grants (applicable to full-time employees)
  • Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
  • Flexible, hybrid workplace model
  • Benefits eligibility may vary depending on your employment status and location.

Company info

  • We are now looking for an outstanding Field Application Engineer - High-speed I/O Specialist to join our team.
  • The role's primary responsibility is to work collaboratively with customers in architecting the next generation of devices enabled by Lightmatter's photonic interconnect technology Passage.
  • Additionally, you will be collaborating with customers who are domain experts in high-speed serial links (SerDes) and protocols.
  • Develop and deliver technical proposals to customers, based on customer's technical requirements and system architecture
  • Customer facing skill-set and background as well as the ability to communicate effectively with customers

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