Staff Embedded Software Engineer

Lightmatter is a photonic-computing company developing optical interconnects and light engines for AI-scale data centers.

Mountain View, United States
About Lightmatter

Founded in 2017 by MIT researchers, Lightmatter develops photonic infrastructure for AI, including its Passage interconnect platform and Guide light engine.

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About the Role

You will develop and extend device software and firmware for photonic compute and interconnect products. You will define control-plane, diagnostic, and monitoring architectures; integrate data-center administration capabilities; debug embedded systems; and gather customer requirements.

Requirements

  • BS with 8+ years of experience or MS with 6+ years of experience
  • Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
  • Device driver and kernel-side development experience
  • Hardware-software integration knowledge
  • Knowledge of embedded-system communication, control, peripherals, and buses
  • Experience developing commercial or enterprise software and firmware on Linux
  • Experience with Git and CMake
  • Experience designing, simulating, or deploying autonomous-system control
  • Ability to comply with U.S. export control requirements

Responsibilities

  • Define control-plane architecture for photonic interconnect products
  • Define diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic transceivers
  • Integrate data-center administration capabilities using CMIS, OpenBMC, and DMTF
  • Debug and troubleshoot embedded systems using GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers
  • Participate in customer engagements to gather requirements and usability criteria

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Retirement savings matching program
  • Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance
  • Vacation, sick time, and public holidays
  • Paid family leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Commuter benefits
  • Flexible hybrid workplace model
  • Equity grants for eligible full-time employees
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