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Embedded Software Engineer, Lasers in USA new

  • Lightmatter
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Boston, MA

Responsibilities

  • Implement and tune active laser control and stabilization algorithms on embedded targets.
  • Own firmware components for photonic transceiver diagnostics, telemetry, and monitoring from requirements through bring-up, testing, and release.
  • Contribute to control-plane and diagnostics architecture with photonic, analog, digital, systems, and network engineers.
  • Integrate transceiver management and telemetry with CMIS, OpenBMC, and DMTF interfaces and standards.
  • Bring up new hardware and debug embedded systems using GDB, JTAG, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
  • Characterize laser behavior with optical test equipment and create automated test and data-collection scripts.
  • Document technical findings and communicate effectively with engineers across specialties.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree plus 5+ years of experience, master’s degree plus 3+ years of experience, or a PhD; equivalent practical experience is considered.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
  • Experience contributing embedded software to shipped products or production or field-deployed hardware.
  • Proficiency in C or C++ and comfort using Python for tooling, testing, and analysis.
  • Understanding of hardware-software integration and embedded peripherals and buses including I2C, SPI, UART, and GPIO.
  • Experience developing firmware in resource-constrained environments; bare-metal and RTOS experience is preferred.
  • Hands-on embedded debugging experience with GDB, JTAG, logic analyzers, or oscilloscopes.
  • Working knowledge of Git and experience with CMake or a comparable build system.
  • Preferred experience with closed-loop control, optical transceivers, photonic systems, precision analog or mixed-signal hardware, CMIS, OpenBMC, DMTF/Redfish, optical communications, laser physics, optical testing, hardware-in-the-loop test benches, or firmware CI.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Retirement savings matching program.
  • Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance.
  • Vacation, sick leave, and public holidays.
  • Paid family leave and short- and long-term disability coverage.
  • Training and development benefits and commuter benefits.
  • Flexible hybrid workplace model.
  • Equity grants for eligible full-time employees.
  • Benefits eligibility may vary by employment status and location.

Salary: $140k - $165k/yr

Lightmatter

Lightmatter builds photonic computing and interconnect hardware for AI and high‑performance computing data centers. Its products include Envise, a photonic AI accelerator, and Passage, a 3D‑stacked photonics engine that links large numbers of processors at high bandwidth and low latency. Founded ...

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