Senior Thermo-Mechanical Engineer, Photonic Packaging

Lightmatter; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 169,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid workplace

Equity grants

Health care plan

Retirement savings matching

Job summary

Lightmatter is seeking a thermo-mechanical packaging engineer to advance FEA models for wafer-level and 3D-stacked photonic packaging. You will tackle solder fatigue, warpage, and reliability to meet power and optical requirements.

You will implement multi-physics simulations with Ansys/Abaqus, develop Python/MATLAB automation, and closely partner with packaging and design teams to drive robust, scalable methodologies.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as thermo-mechanical simulation authority for packaging; set modeling standards.

Skills

FEA expertise

Multi-physics

Python scripting

MATLAB

Education

MS in Mechanical Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

Ansys

Abaqus

JMP

Job description

Lightmatter is seeking a thermo-mechanical packaging engineer to advance FEA models for wafer-level and 3D-stacked photonic packaging. You will tackle solder fatigue, warpage, and reliability to meet power and optical requirements.

You will implement multi-physics simulations with Ansys/Abaqus, develop Python/MATLAB automation, and closely partner with packaging and design teams to drive robust, scalable methodologies.