About the role#
This internship offers the chance to work on silicon photonics manufacturing, system integration, and 3D Co-Packaged Optics development. You will join a team taking photonic computing from research to reality, working across the full stack from chip to rack-scale data center deployment.
What you'll do#
Depending on your background, your work will focus on one or more of these areas:
- Design and simulate optical components and photonic interconnects.
- Develop and run tests to validate silicon photonics products.
- Assist in the design and verification of analog and mixed-signal circuits.
- Contribute to the characterization and integration of laser sources.
- Support board bring-up, lab validation, and system integration.
- Work on RTL development, modeling of photonics circuitry, and development of algorithms and control logic for photonic interconnect SoCs.
- Build testbenches and run simulations to verify chip designs meet functional and performance targets.
- Perform synthesis, timing analysis, floor planning, place-and-route, or physical verification of ASIC blocks.
- Develop low-level drivers, active laser control algorithms, and system-level telemetry.
What you'll need#
- You are pursuing or have recently completed a BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- You have hands-on experience from coursework, capstone projects, research labs, or previous internships.
- You are familiar with at least one of these tools: SolidWorks, ANSYS, ADS, or Cadence.
- You are curious, collaborative, and comfortable asking questions.
- You have the capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, on-site internship.
- Positions are available in Boston, Massachusetts, and Mountain View, California.
- The internship term is rolling.
About Lightmatter
Lightmatter operates in the computer hardware manufacturing industry. The company builds technology designed to improve computer processing capabilities. It is a privately held organization founded in 2017. The business is based in Mountain View, California, and maintains a staff of 201 to 500 employees.
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