# Staff Hardware Test & Bring-Up Engineer at Lightmatter

- Company: Lightmatter
- What the company does: Rethinking the limits of AI, Lightmatter merges photonics and computing to build a future where speed, efficiency, and intelligence converge. Backed by GV.
- Company website: https://lightmatter.co
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/lightmatter/jobs/5356568008?gh_jid=5356568008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lightmatter-staff-hardware-test-and-bring-up-engineer/

## About the role

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.

## What they're looking for

- Expertise in validating complex multi-rail power-up/power-down sequences and troubleshooting dynamic load behaviors
- Deep practical mastery of JTAG, QSPI/QPI, I2C, and SPI communication protocols
- Experience driving hardware verification, integrating firmware diagnostic APIs, and executing direct register read/write routines
- Advanced proficiency in Python or C/C++ for writing test executives, automating sequences over hardware bridges, and programmatic control of lab instrumentation
- Expert hands-on command of standard bench equipment: digital multimeters (DMMs), Source Measure Units (SMUs), programmable power supplies, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers

Tags: Product Engineering