Hardware Systems Technical Lead

About Lightmatter

Lightmatter builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. Our architecture leverages unique properties of light to enable fast and efficient inference and training engines. If you're a collaborative engineer or scientist who has a passion for innovation, solving challenging technical problems and doing impactful work like building the world's first optical computers, consider joining the team at Lightmatter!

About the Position

We are looking for a talented engineer to provide technical leadership to the Hardware Systems organization to help us build the next generation of silicon photonics based artificial intelligence accelerators and interconnect products.

As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for delivering board and system solutions using Lightmatter’s innovative technology to create state of the art machine learning/artificial intelligence or massive scale-out interconnect platforms. You will work closely with our hardware and software teams, including mechanical, packaging, and IC engineering, to design and build leading edge system level products.

Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with the Systems Architect and design engineers to develop optimal solutions for system design requirements.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to board designers to ensure the highest quality products.
• Review board and system designs to understand technical challenges and overall status in all facets of the system designs including electrical, mechanical, and thermal.
• Communicate with other team Technical Leads to ensure dependencies are understood and milestones are met.
• Ensure the board and system is manufacturable to the latest technologies with high yield and robustness.
• Manage and work with component vendors and other supply partners.
• Research new components, processes, and technologies to meet product goals.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline with at least 12 years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in electrical board design, having successfully taken several products from concept to production.
• In depth knowledge on VRMs, high speed SERDES, CPUs and various interfaces/protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C, etc.
• Experience leading technical teams with successful execution.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with laser driver and temperature control circuit design.
• Good Communication and verbal skills.

Benefits

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 401k matching
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Paid Family Leave
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Flexible, hybrid workplace model
• Commuter/Transit Benefits
• Stock Option Plan

We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role, inclusive of all US locations, is $180,000 - $238,000 Your base salary will be determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.

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.