Senior Technical Program Manager - Photonics

$167,000 - $246,000/Yr

Lightmatter - Mountain View, CA

Full-time - Senior

Mountain View, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Lightmatter is a photonic computer company that is redefining what computers and human beings are capable of by building the engines that will drive discoveries and progress sustainably. With modern human progress relying heavily on computers, the world has hit a dead end with traditional transistors, and the prospect of constantly building data centers is an environmental nightmare. Lightmatter builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. Our architecture leverages the unique properties of light to enable a fast and efficient compute platform. We created a solution in photonic computing: using photons instead of electrons to take advantage of their higher bandwidth. We are hiring a Sr. Technical Program Manager to help coordinate the engineering effort behind Lightmatter's AI and Chiplet Interconnect products. You will lead program management for Lightmatter's silicon hardware engineering team from design through production, collaborating with engineering teams across the company to plan and drive objectives for the team. This role will span across silicon development, packaging, assembly and test phases.

Responsibilities

• Organize and expertly drive planning, scheduling, and day-to-day execution to support Lightmatter's silicon, package and systems development
• Set clear and targeted communication to management of program information, including program plan, key dates, and program status to aid decision making
• Collaborate with leads and engineering teams in effectively estimating and prioritizing tasks in order to maintain excellent quality on a realistic delivery schedule
• Identify possible program issues and risks, and clearly communicate them to program stakeholders
• Provide the required hands-on cross-functional coordination, and internal and external team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes
• Opportunities to engage with vendors and customers in external program

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in semiconductor technologies and participation in multiple tapeouts
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field including electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, or a discipline related to photonics
• Strong understanding of silicon photonic circuits, optical communication or integrated laser solutions
• Broad knowledge of package and system technologies
• Hands-on experience in hardware program/program management
• Experience influencing decisions and leading engineering teams in a matrix environment
• Excellent communications and technical presentation skills

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of silicon photonic integrated circuit design and control, optical communication or integrated laser solutions
• Expert user of program management tools such as MS-program, Asana, Smartsheet or similar
• Experience setting up program management initiatives from scratch in either a startup or a new business unit environment
• Experience in scripting Python, Google AppScript, or another scripting language

Benefits

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