Electrical Design Engineer - Mountain View, CA, United States
$149,000 - $206,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 August 2026 by the employer.
Lightmatter invented Passage™, the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine.
About the role
This role contributes to the development of board and system solutions leveraging Lightmatter's technology for advanced machine learning, artificial intelligence, and large-scale interconnect platforms. You will collaborate across hardware and software teams to design, bring up, and validate system-level products.
What you'll do
- Design and develop power, control, mixed-signal, and high-speed interconnect circuits.
- Apply SI/PI, DfX, and industry best practices for performance and quality.
- Perform board bring-up, verification, integration, and troubleshooting.
- Develop and execute test plans to characterize and validate board and system performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams from concept design through integration and production.
- Research new components, processes, and technologies to meet product goals.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of related experience; or Master's Degree with 3+ years of related experience.
- Proficient in schematic design using Altium or equivalent.
- Experience performing lab experiments, board bring-up, tests, and analysis.
- Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management processes and tools.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with electrical systems in the networking or similar industries.
- Experience with common design, manufacturing, and test processes.
- Experience with cross-functional development and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI), and DfX considerations.
- Experience with high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, or SerDes.
- Experience with Python or scripting languages for test automation and lab tooling.
Skills: schematic design, Altium, board bring-up, signal integrity, high-speed interfaces
This role has been open 74 days — well below the 107-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · Serdes Highspeed
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Open roles in category
89
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Median days open
107 d
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Median salary
$200k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Lightmatter | All employers we track in this specialty (89 roles · 35 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 89 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 16 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 92 d | 107 d (−15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $200k |
Skills observed across this category: schematic design, Altium, board bring-up, signal integrity, high-speed interfaces
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 14 open roles · median 46 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 192 d
- AMD · 5 open roles · median 124 d
- Keysight Technologies · 4 open roles · median 145 d
- Lightmatter (this employer) · 4 open roles · median 92 d
- Synopsys · 4 open roles · median 17 d
How we counted: 89 open Hardware Systems Engineering (Serdes Highspeed) roles from 35 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.