Lightmatter
Analog/Mixed Signal Architect
Boston, MA; Mountain View, CA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$149k-$217kDetected 5 days ago
ValuationCadenceVerilogElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with the analog engineering design team to performance, power, and area estimates of the analog devices within Passage.
- Actively collaborate with the photonics engineering team to provide a high-bandwidth photonic interconnect solution.
- Author, review, and validate architectural specifications.
- builds structure through processes that can be relied upon across the organization.
Requirements
- Experience in designing and testing optical front-end receivers and transmitters (TIAs, drivers), CTLE, DFE, ADC, DAC, oscillators, etc. in advanced CMOS.
- PhD in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a discipline related to analog design.
- Power user of simulation tools Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Spectre, Verilog-A, IBIS-AMI simulators.
- Ability and desire to collaborate in a cross-disciplinary team.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Demonstrated strong problem solving skills specifically pertaining to problems that do not have obvious solutions.
Nice to have
- Understanding of signal processing (i.e., equalization, digital signal processing, and coding) and signal integrity in optical communication.
- Experience in silicon photonic devices (Mach-Zehnder and microring modulators, thermally tuned components)
- A culture champion for Lightmatter, aligns with the company's light-hearted culture.
- Willing and able to learn quickly.
- Self-starter with a "no task is too big or small" attitude.
- realizes that a one-size-fits-all approach will not always solve the problem at hand.
- Data-driven and analytical
- translates numbers into actionable strategies.
Skills
- Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress.
- Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion.
- Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!
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 - $216,500 USD
- We offer competitive compensation.
- The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.
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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