Laser Firmware Intern - Summer 2027
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Lightmatter is a photonic-computing company developing optical interconnects and light engines for AI-scale data centers.
Mountain View, United States
Funding history
About Lightmatter
Founded in 2017 by MIT researchers, Lightmatter develops photonic infrastructure for AI, including its Passage interconnect platform and Guide light engine.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will work on two projects: hardware-in-the-loop testing that runs laser firmware against real lasers, and research into deploying machine learning on embedded targets for laser control. You will write code, run experiments on live hardware, analyze test data and present your results.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or physics
- Interest in embedded firmware, laser control, and edge machine learning
- Experience developing in C, C++, and/or Python
- Willingness and curiosity to learn
- Ability to comply with U.S. export control laws
Responsibilities
- Build and extend hardware-in-the-loop test setups for laser firmware
- Write automated test cases that characterize laser behavior and catch firmware regressions
- Analyze HIL test data and report failures and performance trends
- Research deploying machine learning laser control algorithms on embedded targets
- Prototype an edge ML implementation in C/C++, benchmark it, and present findings
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 (applicable to full-time employees)