Chip Firmware Development Intern, Lightmatter

Salary not provided

$40 - $45 USD hourly

Python

Linux

C++

Jenkins

Toronto

3+ days a week in office

Light-powered AI computing

Open for applications

Light-powered AI computing

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDeep TechMachine LearningScience

Open for applications

Salary not provided

$40 - $45 USD hourly

Python

Linux

C++

Jenkins

Toronto

3+ days a week in office

201-500 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceManufacturingDeep TechMachine LearningScience

Company mission

Lightmatter's mission is to build an engine that will power discoveries, drive progress, and redefine what computers and human beings are capable of.

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Role

Who you are

Currently enrolled in an undergraduate engineering program (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field)
Familiarity with software design concepts and working experience with embedded Linux
Knowledge of data pipeline and data reporting / monitoring frameworks
Proficiency with GitHub and CI tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
Programming experience in Python and/or C/C++
Willingness to learn and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams

What the job involves

We are hiring an Intern for our Software team at Lightmatter! We are a photonic computer company redefining what computers and human beings are capable of by building the engines that will power discoveries and drive progress in a sustainable way
With modern human progress relying heavily on computers, the world has hit a dead end with traditional transistors, and the prospect of constantly building data centers is an environmental nightmare
Lightmatter has created a solution in photonic computing: using photons instead of electrons to take advantage of their higher bandwidth
We build chips for artificial intelligence computing. Our architecture leverages the unique properties of light to enable fast and efficient inference and training engines
Contribute to production embedded software and firmware codebases
Enhance firmware testing and integration framework development for embedded projects
Incorporate development kit hardware test workflows into the software review and approval process
Write and debug integration tests for embedded systems
Collaborate with hardware and verification teams to support system-level testing and validation

Our take

Neural networks and CPUs are vital to AI solutions, but manufacturers have largely failed to maintain innovation in recent years. Lightmatter solves this problem by offering a next-generation computing platform powered by photonics (light waves).

Lightmatter offers a forward-facing platform for AI-building that acts as an alternative to traditional solutions. It works by replacing wired CPUs with a combination of photonics and new algorithms. Lightmatter's solution is not only faster, but it is considerably more sustainable, and it has the potential to drive the next generation of AI development.

As of 2025, Lightmatter has raised $850 million across six funding rounds and grown to a staggering valuation of $4.4 billion, a testament to growing industry demand for faster, more effective AI-building solutions. Lightmatter currently has three products on the market - Envise, Passage, and Idiom - and is poised to take on the incumbent chiplet industry with a photonics-based alternative.

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Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (4.2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2024

$400m

SERIES D

Dec 2023

$155m

SERIES C

Total funding: $822m

Company benefits

Commuter benefit
Happy hour -Spend time together and build friendships
Generous vacation policy and holidays
401(K)
Opportunity to learn from your peers and teach them what you know across electronics, photonics, machine learning, and more

Company HQ

Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA

Leadership

Nicholas Harris

(CEO & Co-Founder)

Previously worked as an R&D Product Engineer at Micron Technology, and as a Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT.

Thomas Graham

(Co-Founder)

Was an M&A Analyst at Morgan Stanley, and worked as an Agency Business Development Manager at Google.

Darius Bunandar

(Chief Scientist & Co-Founder)

Worked as a Research Collaborator at Caltech, and was a PhD Candidate at MIT.

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