Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$300k–$350k/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: Machine Learning, Systems Research, Performance Modeling, Deep Learning, Large Language Models
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$186k–$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: Machine Learning Systems Research, Performance Modeling, Deep Learning, Large Language Models, Silicon Photonics
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$250k–$300k/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 serial I/O design, Signal integrity, Power integrity, Transceiver architecture, CDR
Mountain View, California, United States · Hybrid
$220k–$270k/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: Physical Design, Timing Closure, Power Integrity, Physical Verification, ASIC Implementation
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
$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
$143k–$243k/yr
Company Description It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market le…
Skills: Python, Golang, Java, C++, Microservices
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$174k–$252k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 5 years of experience with software development …
Skills: C, C++, Embedded Systems, Firmware, Linux Kernel
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 · Hybrid
$262k–$369k/yr
About Tapestry Tapestry is a group within Google working to build the AI-powered electric grid. We are tackling one of the world’s most important infrastructure challenges: helping the energy system become more visible, …
Skills: Software engineering, Distributed systems, Backend infrastructure, Enterprise applications, People management
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
$147k–$210k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. 2 years of experience programming in Python or C++. 1 year of experience with one or more of the following: reinforcement learning (e.g., sequ…
Skills: Python, C++, Reinforcement learning, Natural language processing, Machine learning infrastructure
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$174k–$252k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 5 years of experience with software development …
Skills: C, C++, Python, Rust, Linux Kernel
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$123k–$176k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 3 years of experience working on business agreements. 2 years of experience conducting industry research and developing insights on present an…
Skills: Corporate Development, Strategy, M&A, Investment Analysis, Industry Research
Mountain View, California, United States · On-site
$262k–$364k/yr
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience programming in Python or C++. 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing ML inf…
Skills: Python, C++, Machine Learning, Model Deployment, Data Processing
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 • Hybrid
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The role involves modeling the performance of Passage-enabled systems for AI workloads and designing reference platforms in collaboration with product and architecture teams. Additionally, the researcher will lead a team of engineers, publish academic research, and serve as the internal machine learning expert.
Candidates must hold a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with at least 10 years of industry or research experience. A strong background in machine learning systems, performance modeling, and AI hardware technologies is required.
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!
Lightmatter is seeking a Principal of Machine Learning Infrastructure Researcher to join our Machine Learning team. This team is focused on inventing novel hardware systems using Lightmatter technology and modeling the performance of Lightmatter-enabled systems on both training and inference workloads.
This is primarily a creative role where you need to think outside the box to push the boundaries of systems research with the power of silicon photonics at your fingertips. This role will work closely with our product, solutions architecture, and engineering teams to generate impactful performance analysis, create high-performance rack-scale designs, and publish cutting-edge ML systems research.
We offer competitive compensation. On target earnings range is listed below. The final compensation will be 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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