Engineering Internship Opportunities 2025 (Boston and Mountain View)

Lightmatter builds chips that enable extreme-scale artificial intelligence computing clusters. 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 optically accelerated computers, consider joining the team at Lightmatter!

Are you an aspiring engineering student looking to revolutionize the computing landscape? Our summer internship program is designed to launch your career with real-world experience, hands-on projects, and mentorship from industry professionals.

Why Lightmatter?

• Interns contribute to meaningful projects and directly impact our product roadmap, working with Analog, Digital Design, Design Verification, Photonics, Packaging, Supply Chain, Power Integrity, Architecture and Software teams
• An opportunity to stay ahead of the curve. You'll be working in a fast-paced, forward-thinking environment where innovation isn't just encouraged—it's expected
• A chance to collaborate in a team where diverse perspectives and creative problem-solving are valued, as the best ideas come from working together
• An internship with us isn’t just a temporary opportunity—we’re preparing you for a thriving career in technology Many of our interns go on to secure full-time positions with us, and we’re proud to offer clear pathways to long-term career growth within the company

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in university: raising juniors and seniors undergraduate, graduate, or PhD students
• Quick to learn new skills, technologies, or processes as needed in a constantly evolving environment
• Interested in bleeding-edge technology
• Effective teamwork and communication skills, essential in a small, cross-functional team
• Engage in problem-solving and contributing to design reviews
• Relevant hardware or software coursework class offerings

Nice-to-Haves

• Extracurriculars
• Previous internships

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation. This role's hourly pay range, including all US locations, is $25-$48. Your hourly pay will be determined based on location, experience, if an undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student, and current 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.