lightmatter

Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Lasers

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At a Glance

Location
Mountain View, California, United States
Experience
8+ years
Posted
2026-04-29T12:18:05-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

GitLinuxPython

Domain Knowledge

  • Embedded Systems
  • Engineering
  • Insurance
  • Medical
  • Robotics

Requirements

Proven history of shipping embedded software in customer-facing devices at-scale.

Strong understanding of hardware-software integration.

Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses.

Experience with developing commercial/enterprise-level software and firmware on Linux.

Experience with Git and CMake for building and managing software projects.

Hands-on experience designing, simulating, or deploying control of autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including Photonic, Analog, Digital, Systems and Network experts to define control plane architecture for Lightmatter's photonic interconnect products.

Define diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic transceivers.

Implement active laser control and stabilization algorithms in collaboration with a cross-functional design team.

Integrate with DataCenter administration capabilities using environments such as CMIS, OpenBMC and DMTF.

Debug and troubleshoot embedded systems using tools such as GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers.

Debug and troubleshoot lasers using optical test and measurement equipment.