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Staff Sr Staff HW Test in USA new

  • Lightmatter
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities

  • Design and build test software for device bring-up, characterization, and production test across bench and ATE environments.
  • Develop and maintain test methods, test flows, and instrument-control code.
  • Translate device physics and test requirements into reliable, repeatable automation software with hardware and characterization engineers.
  • Build and maintain data logging and results pipelines for metric computation, yield analysis, and production handoff.
  • Debug integration issues across the device under test, fixtures, instruments, and test code.
  • Support test program releases to internal test cells and, at senior levels, external test facilities.
  • Own test software architecture for a product line and determine how frameworks scale across projects and teams.
  • Mentor engineers and drive technical decisions with hardware, characterization, and manufacturing teams.
  • Work hands-on in the lab and communicate daily on progress and blockers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in hardware test software, ATE systems, or test architecture, ideally in semiconductor or photonics.
  • Track record of owning test software architecture for a product line.
  • Deep hands-on experience with ATE test method or test flow development and/or embedded test frameworks for hardware test automation.
  • Fluency with instrumentation automation using SCPI/VISA or equivalent, at a level where it can be taught to others.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional technical decisions.
  • Ability to explain how an automation project was scoped, planned, implemented, and validated end to end.
  • Ability to read and reason about embedded software in C/C++, controls, or firmware and co-develop with hardware engineers.
  • A master’s degree or PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience may qualify.
  • Experience integrating ATE with wafer-level hardware such as probers or handlers is preferred.
  • Experience with photonic test instrumentation is preferred.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision healthcare plan.
  • Retirement savings matching program.
  • Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance.
  • Vacation, sick, and public holidays.
  • Paid family leave.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Training and development.
  • Commuter benefits.
  • Flexible hybrid workplace model.
  • Equity grants for eligible full-time employees.
  • Benefits eligibility may vary by employment status and location.

Salary: $167k - $227k/yr

Lightmatter

Lightmatter builds photonic computing and interconnect hardware for AI and high‑performance computing data centers. Its products include Envise, a photonic AI accelerator, and Passage, a 3D‑stacked photonics engine that links large numbers of processors at high bandwidth and low latency. Founded ...

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