Lightmatter
Electro-Optic Systems Architect
Boston, MA; Mountain View, CA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$220kDetected 5 days ago
PythonValuationANSYSCadenceVerilogElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingCommunicationProblem Solving
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
- Co-design the analog and photonic devices with the engineering design teams based on the end-to-end simulation results.
- Validate the models by designing high-speed RF experiments, conducting proof-of-concept experiments, and analyzing existing data.
- Author, review, and validate architectural specifications.
- Lightmatter builds chips that enable extreme-scale AI computing clusters.
- The selected candidate will partner with the internal engineering team to deliver groundbreaking products to the market.
- You may also test and measure prototypes to validate the models.
- You'll have the opportunity to build a new kind of computer from the ground up and to solve groundbreaking challenges along the way.
- Work with people who love to build and who thrive in technically diverse environments where great ideas are prioritized.
Requirements
- Experience with corner analysis and Monte Carlo analysis.
- PhD in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a discipline related to photonics.
- Proficient in Cadence photonics/analog simulators (Virtuoso, Spectre, Verilog-A), Ansys HFSS, Keysight ADS.
- Highly proficient in coding simulations in Python or Matlab.
- Highly proficient in RF/mm-wave analog circuit design.
- Ability and desire to collaborate in a cross-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated strong problem solving skills specifically pertaining to problems that do not have obvious solutions.
Nice to have
- Experience with silicon photonic integrated circuit design and test experience.
- Knowledge of signal processing and signal integrity in optical communications.
- Knowledge of SERDES and mixed signal interfaces.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Compensation
- 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.
- $150,000 - $220,000 USD
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
Company info
- We are hiring an Electro-Optic Systems Architect.
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