Lightmatter
Electrical Design Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- In this role, you will contribute to the development of board and system solutions that leverage Lightmatter's technology to enable advanced machine learning, artificial intelligence, and large-scale interconnect platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop power, control, mixed-signal, and high-speed interconnect circuits to meet system requirements
- Perform board bring-up, verification, integration, and troubleshooting
- Develop and execute test plans to characterize and validate board and system performance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept design through integration and production
- Work with component vendors, contract manufacturers, and other partners
- Contribute to design reviews and maintain documentation including design notes, test reports, and specifications
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of related experience
- or Master's Degree with 3+ years of related experience
- Experience performing lab experiments, board bring-up, tests, and analysis
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of related experience; or Master's Degree with 3+ years of related experience
- Proficient in schematic design using Altium or equivalent (Altium preferred)
Nice to have
- Familiarity with electrical systems in the networking or similar industries
- Experience with common design, manufacturing, and test processes
- Experience with cross-functional development and troubleshooting
- Familiarity with signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), and DfX considerations
- Experience with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, or SerDes
- Experience with Python or scripting languages for test automation and lab tooling
- Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management processes and tools (Arena preferred)
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.
- $149,000 - $206,000 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
Visa & Work Authorization
- Export Control
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