Lightmatter
Staff High-Speed I/O Test Engineer
$187K–$220K
Mountain View, CA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 14, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of industry experience; alternatively, Ph.D. with 2+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.
About the job
Architects and executes package- and system-level test strategies to characterize, validate, and stress-test high-speed I/O products through manufacturing transition.
What you'll do
- Characterize and validate high-speed serial I/O across platforms; develop stress-testing methods and troubleshoot test issues.
- Architect test concepts, platforms, and design-for-test rules with architecture, signal integrity, and silicon design teams.
- Develop Python automation for lab measurements, test execution, data analysis, and parameter extraction.
What they ask for
- Master’s in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of industry experience in transceiver, SerDes, or high-speed link test development on products.
- Hands-on lab experience with high-speed equipment, including oscilloscopes, BERTs, PPGs, VNAs, and spectrum analyzers.
- Experience automating test systems and processing data using Python.
Nice to have
- Hands-on characterization and testing of silicon photonics components and circuits; knowledge of optical testing methodologies.
- Deep knowledge of system-level SerDes design and channel analysis, or knowledge of IEEE 802.3, OIF, PCIe, or USB4.
Pay
$187,000 — $220,000 USD total compensation
Tools
Python, oscilloscopes, BERTs, PPGs, VNAs, spectrum analyzers, IEEE 802.3, PCIe
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