Lightmatter
Foundry Engineer
About this role
Lightmatter seeks an experienced Foundry Engineer to lead process technology development and manufacturing strategy for next-generation photonics-based AI chips. You'll coordinate with foundry partners, design teams, and supply chain to bring products from conception through high-volume production while ensuring yield and reliability standards.
What you'll do
- Lead foundry process technology development and manufacturing strategies for photonics AI platform and chiplet communication fabric
- Establish yield expectations, coverage metrics, and process monitoring mechanisms for silicon fabrication
- Provide manufacturing solutions for integrated digital, analog, photonic, and laser devices
- Collaborate with foundry suppliers to ensure specifications are met and work with DFM teams early in design
- Develop silicon technology roadmap and product fabrication qualification and execution plans
- Establish characterization metrics and methodologies to ensure reliable product operation over product lifetime
What they're looking for
- Silicon process technology and process integration
- Foundry collaboration and supplier management
- Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) principles
- Photonics and laser device manufacturing
- Yield analysis and failure mechanisms
- Product qualification and tapeout coordination
- Packaging technology and assembly processes
- Advanced node characterization and reliability testing
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings matching program
- Generous vacation, sick leave, and paid family leave
- Equity grants for full-time employees
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Flexible hybrid workplace model
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Lightmatter
Lightmatter builds silicon photonics-based optical interconnect products and AI data center infrastructure powered by advanced photonic technologies. The company is hiring hardware validation engineers, mechanical designers, and mixed-signal validation engineers to design test systems, verify high-speed electro-optic links, develop server chassis platforms, and optimize photonic communication circuits.
- Website
- lightmatter.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience bringing silicon products from first silicon to high-volume production and the key challenges you encountered.
- How have you worked with foundry partners to optimize process specifications and yield for complex mixed-signal or photonic designs?