Senior/Principal Mixed Signal Digital Architect, 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
• 12+ years and a Masters’ degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• In-depth knowledge of power-efficient digital design flow for high-speed AMS electronics, preferably on photonic communication channels
• Proven track record of delivering successful high-volume silicon in the market. Also, proven understanding of silicon product development flow
• In-depth knowledge of digital circuit design in a high-speed analog/photonic link, including device bring-up, control, and digital signal processing
• Demonstrated strong problem solving skills specifically pertaining to problems that do not have obvious solutions
• Demonstrated strong customer communication, with timely responses and consistently positive feedback

Desirable

• We are hiring a Sr./Principal Mixed-Signal Digital Architect
• The selected candidate will partner with external facing teams at Lightmatter and the internal engineering team to deliver groundbreaking products to the market
• As an architect, you will provide detailed technical documents that describe what needs to be built to the engineering team
• This will require a solid understanding of process technology, state of the art in chip design, and clear communication skills
• You will represent the company externally at technical conferences as an example of our technical leadership
• We are seeking a motivated and dedicated hands-on Digital Architect to help develop chips for our next-generation communication architecture alongside a team of world-class scientists and engineers
• In this role, you will define the architecture of the digital circuits that enable a groundbreaking photonic-based communication fabric
• Your work will not only enable the AMS/photonic devices at low-level but also the necessary interfaces with the firmware/software
• You will interact directly with our vendors and customers
• You will also define the product and technological roadmaps along with suitable design and verification methodologies
• You will report directly to the Chief Scientist and work closely with our digital, analog, photonic, and software teams
• We are particularly looking for someone with expertise in architecting digital circuits to enable high-speed AMS circuits, with a strong preference for someone with experience in photonic circuits
• Join a tight-knit team where each individual’s contributions directly influence the company's and product's success
• You'll have the opportunity to build a new kind of computer from the ground up and to solve groundbreaking challenges along the way
• Work with people who love to build and who thrive in technically diverse environments where great ideas are prioritized
• Be the digital architecture owner of Lightmatter’s Passage product. Work closely with the rest of the architecture team, chip-design team, and the software team
• Responsible for the digital architecture from initial concept through high-volume production. Work closely with the technical program manager(s) to plan, organize, and execute
• Lead direct collaboration with top tier semiconductor customer(s) throughout the product development process at the system architecture level
• Architect and specify system level digital designs integrating complex AMS and photonic circuits. These circuits include high-speed drivers and receivers, SerDes, ADC/DAC, photonic modulators and detectors
• Collaborate with the product team to develop our future technological and product roadmap
• Work closely with test and validation engineers to validate hardware against simulation prediction
• Actively collaborate with the RTL and DV teams to enable block-level implementation and verification, respectively
• Author, review, and validate architectural specifications. With the product and applications engineering teams, also produce customer-facing product datasheet and reference designs
• Identify possible improvements as well as possible pitfalls (including mitigation strategies) around executing the proposed architectures