Lightmatter
Staff Embedded Software Engineer
$175K–$220K
Boston, MA +4 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Location
- Boston, MA
Mountain View, CA
Boston, MA
Mountain View, CA
Toronto, ON - Experience
- BS and 8+ years, or MS and 6+ years.
- Education
- Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.
About the job
Develop and extend embedded software and firmware for photonic AI processors and interconnects, including control, diagnostics, monitoring, and data-center administration capabilities.
What you'll do
- Define control-plane architecture and diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic interconnect products and transceivers.
- Integrate with data-center administration environments and debug embedded systems.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and participate in customer engagements to gather requirements.
What they ask for
- BS and 8+ years of experience, or MS and 6+ years of experience; degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- Industry experience with device driver and kernel-side development; strong understanding of hardware-software integration.
- Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses; commercial or enterprise software and firmware experience on Linux.
- Experience with Git and CMake; hands-on experience designing, simulating, or deploying control of autonomous systems.
Nice to have
- Proficiency with Python or C++; familiarity with GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers.
- Experience with photonic transceiver firmware, CMIS, OpenBMC, DMTF, or optical communication systems.
Pay
$175,000 — $220,000 USD (total compensation; the posting does not specify whether this is base salary or total pay)
Tools
Linux, Git, CMake, Python, C++, GDB, JTAG, CMIS
AI focus
Develop software and firmware for photonic AI processors and interconnects supporting advanced AI workloads.
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