Staff Hardware Test Automation 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 design and build software for hardware bring-up, characterization, and production testing across bench and ATE environments. You will automate instruments, maintain test flows and data pipelines, debug integrations, and support test-program releases.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in hardware test software, ATE systems, or test architecture.
  • Experience owning test software architecture for a product line.
  • Hands-on experience with ATE test method or test-flow development or embedded test frameworks.
  • Fluency with instrumentation automation using SCPI, VISA, or equivalent.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional technical decisions.
  • Ability to scope, plan, implement, and validate automation projects.
  • Ability to reason about embedded C or C++, controls, or firmware.

Responsibilities

  • Learn the hardware sufficiently to make informed software decisions.
  • Design and build software for device bring-up, characterization, and production testing.
  • Develop and maintain test methods, test flows, and instrument-control code.
  • Translate hardware test requirements into repeatable test software.
  • Build and maintain test-data logging and results pipelines.
  • Debug hardware and software integration issues.
  • Support test-program releases to internal and external test facilities.
  • Communicate progress and blockers and work hands-on in the lab.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plan
  • Retirement savings matching program
  • 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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