Lightmatter
Lightmatter is seeking a Principal Hardware Systems Technical Lead to provide technical leadership and mentorship to the Hardware Systems organization. This role focuses on building next-generation silicon photonics-based AI accelerators and interconnect products, driving complex hardware systems development from concept through production. The position requires deep expertise in electrical engineering, high-speed interfaces, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver state-of-the-art machine learning platforms.
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.
Lightmatter unveils Passage L20 photonic interconnect, announces vClick Optics offering for high-volume CPO manufacturing
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Lightmatter Unveils vClick Optics Detachable Fiber Array Unit for CPO Advanced Packaging and High-Volume Production
1 day ago
Photonic Computing Leader Lightmatter Raises $400M | Industry News | Jan 2025
Sep 26, 2025
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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