Senior HSIO Field Engineer - Photonics Interconnect

Lightmatter; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Savings Matching Program

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&

Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick &  H

Paid Family Leave

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Flexible, hybrid workplace model

Equity grants (applicable to full-time

Job summary

Lightmatter is seeking an outstanding Field Application Engineer - High-speed I/O Specialist to join our team. The role focuses on collaborating with Tier 1 semiconductor customers to architect devices enabled by Passage photonic interconnects in data centers.

The candidate will work cross-functionally to define optimal HSIO solutions, provide expert guidance on SerDes protocols, and support customer design wins.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of work related experience in a high-tech electronics industry with high-speed serial I/O design, including transceiver architecture, CDR, DFE or other.
• In-depth knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity simulation; familiar with SI/PI EDA tools and models (e.g., Keysight ADS).
• Customer facing skill-set and ability to communicate effectively with customers.
• Action-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience presenting to executives and cross-functional teams and external clients.
• Built trusted relationships across teams to improve coordination and execution speed.
• Experience with silicon photonics and/or optical transceiver; semiconductor and laser technology knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide full technical support of the customer HSIO design, including early technical assessment, design discussion, hardware review, and debugging support.
• Develop and deliver technical proposals based on customer requirements and system architecture.
• Act as the HSIO domain expert to train the FAE team and create reference designs and articles.
• Collaborate with Lightmatter Engineering to support design wins and communicate progress to customer engineering leads.

Skills

Customer facing

Communication

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Training & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Engineering/Math/Physics/CS

Tools

Keysight ADS

Matlab/Simulink

C/C++

Job description

Lightmatter is seeking an outstanding Field Application Engineer - High-speed I/O Specialist to join our team. The role focuses on collaborating with Tier 1 semiconductor customers to architect devices enabled by Passage photonic interconnects in data centers.

The candidate will work cross-functionally to define optimal HSIO solutions, provide expert guidance on SerDes protocols, and support customer design wins.