Hybrid Photonics Hardware Validation Engineer

Lightmatter, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 258,000 - 341,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equity grants

Retirement Savings Matching

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Training & Development

Equity grants (full‑time)

Flexible work policies

Job summary

Lightmatter, Inc. seeks a Hardware Validation Engineer to design, develop, and build photonic test systems for validating optical interconnect products. You will collaborate with device, hardware, software, and design teams to support end‑to‑end development and validation of photonics components.

The role focuses on chip bring‑up, test plans, lab bench setups, and electro‑optic link testing in a hybrid work environment. PhD is a plus; strong scripting and Python/MATLAB skills are valued.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
• Experience in data communications, electro‑optic link testing, and lab characterization.
• Familiarity with PCB design and hardware testing of electro‑optic circuits.
• Ability to collaborate with Design, Software and cross‑functional teams.
• Hands‑on bench test equipment experience for data communications.
• Basic scripting for automation of lab tests and result analysis.
• Understanding of electrical and optical transmitter/receiver blocks.
• Troubleshooting optical/electrical building blocks in transceivers.

Responsibilities

• Understand chip specifications and lead chip bring‑up and validation.
• Contribute to test plan development, bench setup, and troubleshooting.
• Perform electro‑optic, link‑level testing in the lab.

Skills

Data testing

Lab testing

Troubleshooting

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering or Physics

PhD is a plus

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Lightmatter, Inc. seeks a Hardware Validation Engineer to design, develop, and build photonic test systems for validating optical interconnect products. You will collaborate with device, hardware, software, and design teams to support end‑to‑end development and validation of photonics components.

The role focuses on chip bring‑up, test plans, lab bench setups, and electro‑optic link testing in a hybrid work environment. PhD is a plus; strong scripting and Python/MATLAB skills are valued.