Photonics Design Engineer (Boston and Mountain View)

Lightmatter builds chips that enable extreme-scale artificial intelligence computing clusters. 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!

In this role, you will design, develop, build, and test photonic systems that are key to our products. You will also interact with device, hardware, and software design teams to assist in the overall development of photonic systems, specifying, selecting, and qualifying the various components necessary.

Join a tight-knit team where each individual’s contributions directly influence the success of the company and our innovative products! You'll have the opportunity to build a new kind of computer from the ground up and to solve groundbreaking challenges along the way. Work with people who love to build and who thrive in technically diverse environments where great ideas are prioritized.

Responsibilities

• Design high-performance photonics devices suitable for high-volume manufacturing
• Actively collaborate across disciplines—with analog, digital, and physical design teams—to layout photonic devices for key test and product tape outs
• Work with the photonics test team in defining requirements for device characterization, debug and validation
• Analyze characterization data to ensure the device/system meets the specifications
• Engage in problem solving and contributing with novel architectural ideas
• Publish and novel ideas related to photonics, and participate in premier optics/photonics conferences

Requirements

• PhD in EECS, Physics, or related discipline with 3 years of experience
• Must have knowledge of photonic device physics
• Demonstrated track record of design integrated silicon photonics components using Lumerical, Tidy3D or equivalent
• Experience with code based GDS creation such as GDS Factory or similar
• Experience with large scale layout, testing and characterization of photonic devices
• Experience with PDK and Cadence environments a plus
• Ability to collaborate in cross-disciplinary team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate strong problem solving skills in problems that do not have obvious solutions
• Can-do, positive attitude
• Strong publication record in the photonics field a plus

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
• Stock Option Plan

We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role, inclusive of all US locations, is $150,000.00 - $190,000.00. 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.