Staff Hardware Systems Validation Engineer, Lightmatter

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• Experience in the data communications field, specifically in electro-optic link-level testing and characterization in a lab environment
• Familiarity with PCB design, including hardware testing and debugging of electro-optic circuits
• Ability to work closely with Design Engineers, Software Engineers, and broader cross-functional teams to quickly gain knowledge of Lightmatter products and drive execution of chip bring-up and validation in our lab
• Hands-on experience with standard bench test equipment for data communications, including electro-optic link testing and characterization
• Basic scripting skills for automation of lab tests including analysis of results and report generation
• Solid understanding of electrical and optical blocks in transmitters and receivers to enable efficient chip bring-up and link testing
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug the electrical optical building blocks in a transceiver to triage bugs and root-cause performance gaps

Desirable

• 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
• Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!
• In this role, you will design, develop, and build photonic test systems that are critical to the characterization and validation of our products
• You will collaborate closely with device, hardware, software, and digital and analog design teams to support the end-to-end development, validation, and qualification of photonic systems and their key components
• Join a tight-knit team where each individual’s contributions directly impact the success of the company and our innovative products
• At Lightmatter, you’ll have the opportunity to work with people who love to build and thrive in technically diverse environments where great ideas are valued and prioritized
• We are hiring a Staff Hardware Systems Validation Engineer to join our Validation team to drive photonics testing, characterization and validation of our silicon photonics-based optical Interconnect Products
• You will need to understand our chip specifications well so that you can take responsibility for chip bring-up, testing, and validation of our next-generation Optical Interconnect products. This includes supporting the development of chip validation plans aligned to product specifications, xVT, and interoperability testing
• You will be required to contribute to test plan development, test bench configuration planning, setup of lab test equipment, and troubleshooting of validation setups to enable successful chip bring-up and testing
• You will work within the product validation team on electro-optic, link-level testing in our lab using industry-standard practices and equipment