Staff Embedded Software Engineer
LightmatterAbout the role
<div class="content-intro"><p>Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage™, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.</p> <p>Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!</p> <p>If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.</p> <p>Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!</p></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We are hiring a talented software engineer to help us build the next generation of photonic AI processors and interconnects. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and extending the device software and firmware stack for Photonic Compute and Photonic interconnect products. You will collaborate with other software teams and hardware systems teams to develop security, telemetry, virtualization, and remote administration functionality.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Responsibilities</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including Photonic, Analog, Digital, Systems and Network experts to define control plane architecture for Lightmatter's photonic interconnect products.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Define diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic transceivers.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Integrate with DataCenter administration capabilities using environments such as CMIS, OpenBMC and DMTF.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Debug and troubleshoot embedded systems using tools such as GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Participate in customer engagements to gather requirements and usability criteria.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Qualifications</span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BS and 8+ years of experien
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