Staff High Speed Analog Design Engineer (Boston and Mountain View)

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 this Role

In this role, you will be a key member of the analog team architecting the world's first photonic computers. This is fundamentally an interdisciplinary team, and outside-the-box thinking is the daily norm. You will need both deep expertise in mixed-signal and analog design and breadth across other engineering disciplines, such as photonics and digital electronics, semiconductor device physics, thermal/packaging, and machine learning. The successful candidate will demonstrate an eagerness to refresh and grow their competency in these areas.

*We are currently hiring for multiple levels for this role. Your level and compensation will be determined by your experience, education, and location.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the architecture development with our chip architects by leading feasibility studies


• Collaborate with other design engineering teams (system, packaging, digital, photonics) to translate system-level requirements into electrical design specifications


• Lead the analog design and top-level integration of integrated circuits development


• Design complex analog and mixed-signal circuits


• Create technical reports and design specifications documents


• Plan DFT strategy and support its design implementation


• Oversee the performance validation of the analog circuits in the lab


• Support production test development and ramp to production

Qualifications

• MS with a 6+ years of relevant experience, OR Ph.D. with 3+ years of experience


• 3+ years of experience in the Semiconductor industry experience in Analog/Mixed-signal IC design


• Solid fundamentals of CMOS device characteristics, noise, mismatch, linearity, and design trade-offs


• Experience designing complex blocks such as data converters, control-loop circuits used in power-delivery, high-speed interface circuits

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in advanced FinFET process nodes is a plus


• Experience with Cadence Design Environment


• Hands-on experience in the lab with silicon evaluation and validation


• Ability to work collaboratively with people across multiple functional areas


• Explains advanced concepts and understands how those concepts relate to other disciplines


• Works in projects at all levels of the organization and serves as an external spokesperson

We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.

Salary Range

$190,000—$230,000 USD

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)


• Retirement Savings Matching Program


• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)


• Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)


• Paid Family Leave


• Short Term & Long Term Disability


• Training & Development


• Commuter Benefits


• Flexible, hybrid workplace model


• Equity grants

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.

Export Control

Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.