Lightmatter

Staff Electrical Design Engineer

Mountain View, CA · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$186k-$250kDetected 5 days ago

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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.

Collaborate with the system architect and technical leads to define system-level hardware requirements and spec
Electrical design of power, memory, and interconnect circuits, working in both the analog and digital domains
Starting from fundamental concepts and system considerations you will develop conceptual designs, physical modeling, and simulations of chip-modules and systems
Oversee and review PCB layout designs, providing complete and detailed electrical constraint rules
Perform laboratory validation of boards and systems
Lead integration with mechanical, software, IC, and other related teams
Support contract manufacturing during prototype and production phase to resolve any issues
Work with component vendors and other supply partners
Staff Electrical Design Engineer
You will lead and own HW 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.

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
5+ years of experience in lab experimentation, non-intrusive circuit debugging, and leading cross-functional integration teams
Experience in working with thermal solutions for integrated circuits and their board level systems
8+ years of related experience in system-level electrical design, having successfully taken several products from concept to production.
Proficient in schematic design using Cadence, Mentor, or Altium tool set (Altium preferred)
In depth knowledge on VRMs, high speed SERDES, CPUs and various interfaces/protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C, etc
Familiar with Product Lifecycle Management tools, e.g. Oracle Agile, Arena, or Omnify PLM with an understanding of BOM and ECO management

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.
$186,000 - $250,000 USD

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

We are looking for a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to contribute to the development of the next generation of silicon photonics based artificial intelligence accelerators and interconnect products.

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