Board Design Electrical Engineer

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!

About the Position

We are looking for a Board Design Electrical Engineer to contribute to the development of the next generation of silicon photonics based artificial intelligence accelerators and interconnect products.

In this role, you will deliver board and system solutions that leverage Lightmatter’s technology to enable advanced machine learning, artificial intelligence, and large-scale interconnect platforms. You will collaborate closely with teams across hardware and software, including mechanical, packaging, and IC engineering, to design and build system-level products at the leading edge of innovation.

Responsibilities

• Electrical design of power, memory, and interconnect circuits, working in both the analog and digital domains
• Identify electrical and optical components to fit the application based on specifications provided by the IC and photonics engineering teams
• Starting from fundamental concepts and system considerations, develop conceptual design, physical modeling, and simulation of chip-modules and systems
• Oversee and review PCB layout designs, providing complete and detailed electrical constraint rules
• Ensure the board and system is manufacturable to the latest technologies with high yield and robustness
• Qualification of chip and system electrical properties
• Perform laboratory validation of boards and systems
• Support contract manufacturing during prototype and production phase to resolve any issues
• Work with component vendors and other supply partners
• Research new components, processes, and technologies to meet product goals

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, with 8 or more years of relevant experience
• Proficient in schematic design using Cadence, Mentor, or Altium tool set (Altium preferred)
• 5+ years of experience performing lab experiments and debugging; Essential skills include the ability to non-intrusively instrument circuit components for analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience in working with thermal solutions for integrated circuits and their board level systems
• Familiar with Product Lifecycle Management tools, e.g. Oracle Agile, Arena, or Omnify PLM with an understanding of BOM and ECO management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of common manufacturing and design processes
• Knowledge of integrated circuit layout and basic architecture
• Familiar with 3D Mechanical CAD tools, e.g. Solidworks or AutoCAD