Hardware Systems Technical Lead (Bay Area)

About this Role

We are looking for a talented engineer to provide technical leadership to the Hardware Systems organization to help us build the next generation of silicon photonics based artificial intelligence accelerators and interconnect products.

As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for delivering board and system solutions using Lightmatter’s innovative technology to create state of the art machine learning/artificial intelligence or massive scale-out interconnect platforms. You will work closely with our hardware and software teams, including mechanical, packaging, and IC engineering, to design and build leading edge system level products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Systems Architect and design engineers to develop optimal solutions for system design requirements


• Provide guidance and recommendations to board designers to ensure the highest quality products


• Review board and system designs to understand technical challenges and overall status in all facets of the system designs including electrical, mechanical, and thermal


• Communicate with other team Technical Leads to ensure dependencies are understood and milestones are met


• Ensure the board and system is manufacturable to the latest technologies with high yield and robustness


• Manage and work with component vendors and other supply partners


• Research new components, processes, and technologies to meet product goals

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering or similar discipline with at least 12 years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience


• Experience in electrical board design, having successfully taken several products from concept to production.


• In depth knowledge on VRMs, high speed SERDES, CPUs and various interfaces/protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, QSPI, I3C, I2C, etc


• Experience leading technical teams with successful execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with laser driver and temperature control circuit design