lightmatter
Staff Hardware Systems Validation Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- Mountain View, California, United States
- Posted
- 2026-06-30T21:55:50-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Automation
- Engineering
- Insurance
- Medical
Requirements
Experience in the data communications field, specifically in electro-optic link-level testing and characterization in a lab environment.
Familiarity with PCB design, including hardware testing and debugging of electro-optic circuits.
Ability to work closely with Design Engineers, Software Engineers, and broader cross-functional teams to quickly gain knowledge of Lightmatter products and drive execution of chip bring-up and validation in our lab.
Hands-on experience with standard bench test equipment for data communications, including electro-optic link testing and characterization.
Basic scripting skills for automation of lab tests including analysis of results and report generation.
Solid understanding of electrical and optical blocks in transmitters and receivers to enable efficient chip bring-up and link testing.
Responsibilities
You will need to understand our chip specifications well so that you can take responsibility for chip bring-up, testing, and validation of our next-generation Optical Interconnect products.
This includes supporting the development of chip validation plans aligned to product specifications, xVT, and interoperability testing.
You will be required to contribute to test plan development, test bench configuration planning, setup of lab test equipment, and troubleshooting of validation setups to enable successful chip bring-up and testing.
You will work within the product validation team on electro-optic, link-level testing in our lab using industry-standard practices and equipment.