Staff Test SW Development Engineer (Mountain View)

Staff Test SW Development Engineer

Lightmatter builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. Our architecture leverages unique properties of light to enable fast and efficient inference and training engines. If you're a collaborative engineer or scientist who has a passion for innovation, solving challenging technical problems and doing impactful work like building the world's first optical computers, consider joining the team at Lightmatter!

In this role as a part of the product engineering team you will be focused on High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) test development for various platforms for Lightmatter’s silicon photonics products .  You will lead the effort in setting up the test software architecture for various test applications including photonics wafer, packager and laser testing. Previous experience in photonics test sw development will be a great advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the test software infrastructure including tools, frameworks, and reporting mechanisms in test software.  
• Collaborate with test and design team members to develop effective testing strategies as well as quality metrics for new and existing test features.
• Write test SW automation and release/maintain a bug free production level test software
• Responsible for developing/integrating test algorithms, in addition to interfacing with hardware/equipment using vendor and internal APIs.
• Help build algorithms to meet data logging requirements by working closely with the data engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience in developing test SW automation.
• Solid experience with Python, C, or C++ to develop and deploy test sw solutions.
• Experience developing driver software that interfaces and controls hardware devices over USB, serial, or GPIB etc
• Knowledge of cloud and database technologies such as AWS/SQL will be a big plus.
• Proven experience in deploying and maintaining manufacturing test programs to production facilities

Preferred Requirements

• Experience working in HVM environment from NPI to Mass Production
• Previous SW test development experience in the Photonics Industry

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 401k matching
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Paid Family Leave
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Flexible, hybrid workplace model
• Stock Option Plan

We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role, inclusive of all US locations, is $135,000-$180,000. Your base salary will be determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.

Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.