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Senior Staff Electro-Optic Systems Architect

Lightmatter · Boston, MA; Mountain View, CA; Toronto, ON · On-site

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About Lightmatter

Rethinking the limits of AI, Lightmatter merges photonics and computing to build a future where speed, efficiency, and intelligence converge. Backed by GV.

About the role

This is not a complete listing of the responsibilities. It’s a representation of the things you will be doing.

What they're looking for

  • A Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with at least 8 years of relevant experience
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in electronic-photonic-electronic systems simulation
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in hardware testing and measurements of photonic high-speed optical modulators and receivers
  • 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
More about this 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. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!

If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.

Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!

We are hiring an Electro-Optic Systems Architect. The selected candidate will partner with external facing teams at Lightmatter and internal engineering teams to deliver groundbreaking products to the market. In this role, you will contribute to the design and development of innovative photonics architecture solutions to deliver high-volume products for our customers. In...

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