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Hardware Systems Technical Lead

Lightmatter

Skills

Required

  • system-level electrical design
  • Product Lifecycle Management tools
  • Oracle
  • Agile / Arena / Omnify
  • PLM
  • BOM
  • thermal
  • VRMs
  • high speed
  • SERDES
  • CPUs
  • interfaces / protocols

Preferred

  • schematic design
  • Cadence / Mentor / Altium
  • define system-level hardware requirements
  • lab experimentation

Join Lightmatter, a leading company in silicon photonics technology. As a Hardware Systems Technical Lead, you will be responsible for the development of advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence products. You will collaborate with various teams, oversee PCB layout designs, ensure manufacturability, and lead integration with mechanical, software, and IC teams. This role offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Lead the design and development of board and system solutions for silicon photonics-based artificial intelligence accelerators.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define system-level hardware requirements, oversee PCB layout designs, and ensure manufacturability.
  • Conduct laboratory validation of boards and systems, lead integration with mechanical, software, IC, and other related teams.
  • 5+ years of experience in lab experimentation, non-intrusive circuit debugging, and leading cross-functional integration teams

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

  • This role is open to two levels Staff and Sr Staff. Leveling placement and salary range is dependent on education, years of experience, and interview performance
  • 8+ years of related experience in system-level electrical design, having successfully taken several products from concept to production
  • Familiar with Product Lifecycle Management tools, e.g. Oracle Agile, Arena, or Omnify PLM with an understanding of BOM and ECO management
  • Experience in working with thermal solutions for integrated circuits and their board level systems
  • In depth knowledge on VRMs, high speed SERDES, CPUs and various interfaces/protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C, etc
  • Experience designing electrical systems for networking or similar industries
  • Knowledge of integrated circuit layout, and designing a carrier PCBA for it
  • Knowledge of common manufacturing and design processes
  • Familiar with 3D Mechanical CAD tools, e.g. Solidworks or AutoCAD
  • Familiarity with Systems Engineering principles

Preferred

  • Proficient in schematic design using Cadence, Mentor, or Altium tool set (Altium preferred)