Sr. Staff Foundry Engineer
Location
Mountain View, CA | United States
Job description
Sr. Staff Foundry Engineer
Lightmatter builds chips for artificial intelligence computing. Our architecture leverages the unique properties of light to enable fast and efficient inference and training engines. If you're a collaborative engineer or scientist with a passion for innovation, solving challenging technical problems, and doing impactful work like building the world's first optical computers, consider joining the team at Lightmatter.
The person in this role will be a technology development and manufacturing team member working on planning, developing foundry process technology, manufacturing, and characterization for next-generation Lightmatter products. The team will be creating a product-specific silicon manufacturing process flow plan, working with suppliers and internal core competency teams such as package design team and silicon design teams on qualifying technology nodes, characterizing manufacturing processes, and monitoring plans for Lightmatter products from product definition through qualification and high-volume manufacturing. It also involves engaging with design and platform engineering teams in addition to the supply chain organization to influence the definition of the product and to leverage the capabilities of the ecosystem from a manufacturing process perspective.
Responsibilities:
- Lead foundry process technology development, manufacturing strategies, and specifications efforts for our highly integrated photonics-based AI platform and our photonics chiplet communication fabric
- Establish silicon manufacturing process coverage metrics and establish yield expectations and monitoring mechanisms
- Provide manufacturing process solutions for integrated digital/analog/photonic/laser devices
- Work closely with Foundry suppliers to ensure manufacturing output specifications are being met
- Collaborate with the Design-For-Manufacturing (DFM) team early in the design process
- Develop silicon technology and capability roadmap to support Lightmatter product requirements
- Develop initial product manufacturing qualification and execution plan
- Establish metrics and methodology to characterize and ensure reliable product operation over the expected product lifetime at customer sites.
Requirements
- BS or higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Engineering/Science, Mechanical Engineering or other related fields
- At least 8 years of industry experience and at least 5 years of silicon process experience
- Experience bringing products from first silicon to production
- Strong knowledge of working and collaborating with foundry
- Experience with Silicon foundry processes, technologies, control plans, and failures related to Silicon.
- Experience with wafer-level packaging, 2.5D/3D, TSV, and other packaging technology with a good understanding of assembly processes, packaging materials, quality and reliability standards, packaging failure mechanism, etc is preferred.
- Experience with photonic packaging is a big plus
- Experience in designing and implementing process improvements while leading cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications :
- Experience in foundry manufacturing process or process development engineer in any fab foundries
- Experience in photonics laser foundry and package integration
- MS or Ph.D. in chemistry, materials sciences, or physics.
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
- Commuter Benefit (pre-tax)
We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role is $175,000 to 245,000, inclusive of all US locations, Your base salary will be determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.
Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
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