Senior Staff Software Engineer, Embedded Systems

Lightmatter - Boston, MA

Full-time - Senior

Boston, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Lightmatter is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in Embedded Systems to contribute to the development of the next generation of photonic AI processors and interconnects. This role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance device software and firmware stacks, focusing on security, telemetry, virtualization, and remote administration functionalities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including Photonic, Analog, Digital, Systems and Network experts to define control plane architecture for Lightmatter's photonic interconnect products.
• Define diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic transceivers.
• Integrate with DataCenter administration capabilities using environments such as OpenBMC and DMTF.
• Participate in customer engagements to gather requirements and usability criteria.

Requirements

• BS and 12+ years of experience, or MS and 8+ years of experience
• 12+ years of industry experience with device driver and kernel side development.
• Strong understanding of hardware-software integration.
• Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses.
• Experience with developing commercial/enterprise-level software and firmware on Linux.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency with Python or C++
• Experience developing firmware for photonic transceivers or similar systems
• Experience with environments such as OpenBMC and DMTF

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• 401k matching
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Paid Family Leave
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Flexible, hybrid workplace model
• Stock Option Plan