Lightmatter
Chip Firmware Validation Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$185k-$245kDetected 57 days ago
PythonC++GitSnowflakeData AnalysisValuationEmbedded SystemsElectrical EngineeringCommunication
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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
- Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including photonics, analog, digital, systems, and network experts to define the control architecture for Lightmatter's photonic interconnect products.
- Drive the software and firmware validation testing for our photonic products.
- In this role, you will be responsible for developing and validating the device software and firmware stack for Photonic Compute and Photonic Interconnect products.
- You will collaborate with other software and hardware systems teams to develop firmware, conduct validation and reliability testing, perform data analysis, and execute further software stack optimization.
- At Lightmatter, you'll have the opportunity to work with people who love to build and who thrive in technically diverse environments where great ideas are valued and prioritized.
Requirements
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 5+ years of experience in ASIC firmware validation.
- Strong understanding of hardware-software integration.
- Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses.
- Experience in embedded software development.
- Experience with Git and CMake for building and managing software projects.
- Hands-on experience with data gathering, analysis, and reporting.
- Proficiency with Python, C, C++ and MongoDB.
- Experience developing commercial or enterprise-level software and firmware on Linux.
Nice to have
- Experience with Snowflake reporting software
- Experience with environments such as CMIS and OpenBMC, and familiarity with validation and reliability/FIT(Failure in Time) testing.
- Familiarity with optical test, measurement and methodologies for characterizing optical components and systems.
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.
- $185,000 - $245,000 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 a Chip Firmware Validation Engineer to help us build the next generation of photonic AI processors and interconnects.
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