Lightmatter
Lightmatter is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to develop control, telemetry, monitoring, and stabilization firmware for photonic interconnect chips used in large-scale AI compute clusters. The role involves collaborating with systems, digital, analog, and photonics engineers to manage the full firmware lifecycle from requirements to release. The position requires hands-on debugging, hardware-software co-integration, and proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
2017
Lightmatter is a photonic (super)computer company that merges photonics and computing to rethink the limits of AI. The company designs photonic interconnect chips — including its Passage co-packaged optics platform and Guide VLSP light engine — to deliver high-bandwidth, energy-efficient networking for large-scale AI supercomputers and data centers. Its products enable massive GPU cluster scaling for frontier AI training and inference workloads by overcoming the bandwidth limitations of conventional electrical interconnects.
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Photonic Computing Leader Lightmatter Raises $400M | Industry News | Jan 2025
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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