Embedded Software Engineer for Photonic AI Compute

Lightmatter; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Hybrid workplace

Competitive compensation

Retirement savings matching

Job summary

Lightmatter is hiring a software engineer to advance the device software and firmware stack for Photonic Compute and interconnect products in a hybrid Boston-based team. You will collaborate with Photonic, Analog, Digital, Systems and Network experts to define control plane architecture and diagnostics for photonic transceivers.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years (BS) or 6+ years (MS) in CS/EE/Robotics, with experience in device driver and kernel development, hardware-software integration, and

Qualifications

• BS and 8+ years of experience, or MS and 6+ years of experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Industry experience with device driver and kernel side development.
• Strong understanding of hardware-software integration.
• Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses.
• Experience with developing commercial/enterprise-level software and firmware on Linux.
• Experience with Git and CMake for building and managing software projects.
• Hands‑on experience designing, simulating, or deploying control of autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team to define control plane architecture for photonic interconnect products.
• Define diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic transceivers.
• Integrate with DataCenter administration capabilities using CMIS, OpenBMC and DMTF.
• Debug and troubleshoot embedded systems using tools like GDB and JTAG.
• Participate in customer engagements to gather requirements and usability criteria.

Skills

Device driver development

Kernel development

Linux software

Embedded systems

Git

CMake

C/C++

GDB

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Robotics

MS in a related field

Tools

Git

GDB

CMake

JTAG

Job description

Lightmatter is hiring a software engineer to advance the device software and firmware stack for Photonic Compute and interconnect products in a hybrid Boston-based team. You will collaborate with Photonic, Analog, Digital, Systems and Network experts to define control plane architecture and diagnostics for photonic transceivers.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years (BS) or 6+ years (MS) in CS/EE/Robotics, with experience in device driver and kernel development, hardware-software integration, and