Lightmatter
Staff Hardware Test & Bring-Up Engineer
$167K–$193K
Mountain View, CA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of hands-on experience; preferred alternative: Master’s degree with 6+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.
About the job
Leads hardware bring-up and develops automated system-level tests for photonic IC products, from initial evaluation through manufacturing ramp.
What you'll do
- Lead ATE hardware and photonic IC bring-up, debugging anomalies with equipment suppliers.
- Architect and build automated system-level test software in Python or C/C++.
- Work with IC Design, DFT, and Firmware teams to define test requirements and isolate silicon- and board-level bugs.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, with 8+ years of hands-on experience in physical hardware bring-up, PCBA functional testing, and custom ATE loadboard/socket integration for ASICs/SoCs.
- Expertise validating multi-rail power sequences and troubleshooting dynamic load behaviors; practical mastery of JTAG, QSPI/QPI, I2C, and SPI.
- Experience with hardware verification, firmware diagnostic APIs, and direct register read/write routines.
- Advanced proficiency in Python or C/C++ and hands-on command of standard bench equipment, including DMMs, SMUs, programmable power supplies, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree with 6+ years of industry experience.
- Experience with embedded microcontrollers or low-level firmware drivers; familiarity with BSDL tools, DFT, ATE architectures, eFUSE, ADC/DAC calibration, or thermal sensing.
Pay
$167,000 — $193,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, C/C++, JTAG, QSPI/QPI, I2C, SPI, BSDL, MBIST
AI focus
Supports hardware test and bring-up for photonic IC products used in AI and HPC infrastructure; no AI development work is specified.
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