Lightmatter
Hardware Systems Technical Lead
Toronto, ON +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 17, 2026
- Location
- Toronto, ON
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.
About the job
Leads the development of board and system solutions for photonic AI accelerators and interconnect products, from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Define and deliver hardware systems and PCBAs against system-level electrical, power, and interface requirements.
- Lead integration, verification, and validation from bench bring-up through production release.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering, maintain hardware documentation, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- Deep knowledge of VRMs, high-speed SerDes, and interfaces/protocols including PCIe, Ethernet, SPI/QSPI, I3C, I2C, and JTAG.
- Track record of taking multiple complex hardware systems from concept through production.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary hardware development, integration, and troubleshooting across electrical, mechanical, and firmware domains.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/HPC data center infrastructure, optical transceivers, or silicon photonics products.
- Systems Engineering methodology or familiarity with advanced packaging and high-density PCB design.
Pay
$144,000 — $165,000 CAD (base salary)
Tools
VRMs, high-speed SerDes, PCIe, Ethernet, SPI/QSPI, I3C, I2C, JTAG
AI focus
Develops hardware systems for photonic AI accelerators and AI infrastructure.
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