Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$218k–$317k/yr
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…
Skills: Advanced packaging, 3D-stacked photonics, Signal integrity, Power integrity, Thermal-mechanical analysis
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$218k–$317k/yr
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…
Skills: 3D Packaging, Photonics Packaging, Assembly Process Development, Test Chip Design, Fiber Attach
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$180k–$212k/yr
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…
Skills: Foundry Process Technology, Silicon Manufacturing, Photonics, Design-For-Manufacturing, Yield Monitoring
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$169k–$244k/yr
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…
Skills: Finite Element Analysis, Thermo-mechanical Simulation, Ansys, Abaqus, Python
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$187k–$220k/yr
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…
Skills: High-Speed I/O Characterization, SerDes Testing, Python Automation, Oscilloscopes, BERT
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$187k–$256k/yr
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…
Skills: Silicon Photonics Test Development, High-Speed Photonic Device Test, Python, System Link Bring-up, Characterization
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$157k–$176k/yr
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…
Skills: Power Integrity, Signal Integrity, Power Delivery Networks, SoC Design, PCB Design
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$157k–$176k/yr
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…
Skills: Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, Packaging, High-speed Interfaces, PCIe
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$157k–$176k/yr
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…
Skills: IC Package Layout, Allegro X APD, Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, Substrate Design
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$186k–$246k/yr
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…
Skills: Mixed-signal architecture, Photonic circuits, AMS circuit design, High-speed drivers, SerDes
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$185k–$245k/yr
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…
Skills: Firmware Validation, ASIC, Embedded Systems, Hardware-Software Integration, Python
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$177k–$240k/yr
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…
Skills: Photonics Testing, Electro-optic Link Characterization, PCB Design, Chip Bring-up, Python
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$262k–$364k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 6 years of experience leading research agendas, developing scalabl…
Skills: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Uncertainty Quantification
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$344k–$382k/yr
Minimum qualifications: JD, LL.B., equivalent degree, or equivalent practical experience. 7 years of experience working with global content, privacy and security, consumer protection, copyright, and competition laws. 3 y…
Skills: Product Counseling, Privacy Law, Regulatory Compliance, AI Legal Issues, Consumer Protection
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powe…
Skills: C++, Simulation, Robotics, Autonomous systems, Dev-ops
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$110k–$130k/yr
Who We Are: ReCode Therapeutics is an integrated genetic medicines company developing targeted, disease-modifying medicines for patients with life-limiting respiratory diseases. Our treatments address the underlying gene…
Skills: LNP formulation, Process development, HPLC, UPLC, LC-MS
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$174k–$252k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Experience with Python or C++. Experience with machine learni…
Skills: Python, C++, Machine Learning, Statistics, TensorFlow
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$147k–$210k/yr
Minimum qualifications: PhD in Computer Science, Computational Social Science, Statistics, or a related field. 2 years of experience publishing research in machine learning or NLP conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, …
Skills: Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Computational Social Science, Reinforcement Learning
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powe…
Skills: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Foundation Models, Python
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
Kodiak Robotics, Inc. was founded in 2018 and has become a leader in autonomous ground transportation committed to a safer and more efficient future for all. The company has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) powe…
Skills: C++, Kinematics, Linear algebra, Calculus, Graph search
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The Packaging Architect will own the development of advanced packaging solutions from concept through product release, collaborating with cross-functional teams to define technical specifications. They will drive architecture trade-offs and partner with supply chain and quality teams to ensure performance, cost, and manufacturability objectives are met.
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or Master's degree in a relevant engineering field and possess over 15 years of experience in advanced packaging technologies. Deep expertise in signal/power integrity, thermal analysis, or optical packaging is required, along with a proven track record of delivering products from concept to production.
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.
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!
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.
Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!
As a Packaging Architect, you will own the development of advanced packaging solutions from concept through product release, partnering with cross-functional teams across substrate design, signal integrity, and power integrity. Working directly with product architects, chip designers, and system architects, you will translate complex technical requirements into precise packaging specifications that balance performance, cost, and manufacturability.
You will serve as a key technical decision-maker, driving architecture trade-offs, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring packaging solutions meet both engineering and business objectives across the full product lifecycle.
We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.
Benefits eligibility may vary depending on your employment status and location. 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.
Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.
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Offices: 800 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, California 94040, US · 100 Summer St, Boston, Massachusetts 02136, US · 18 King St E, Suite 1200, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1C4, CA
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