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Sr. Staff Thermal Engineer

Lightmatter Indexed employerBoston, MA; Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · Mountain View, CA
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Workplace

hybrid

Employment

Full-Time

Published

Aug 11, 2026

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The role

Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world’s first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage™, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.

Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!

If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.

Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!

We are seeking a Thermal Engineer with strong expertise in thermal analysis and deep knowledge of semiconductor packaging technologies to join our team. In this role, you will work on leading-edge packaging technologies to enable AI architectures that set new industry standards in compute power, performance, and efficiency. As a part of the package technology team, you will be responsible for leading thermal analysis required for product definitions, driving innovative thermal solutions, and conducting analysis and validation efforts to deliver package and system designs that meet product landing zones. Your work will contribute to advanced package and system designs that meet power dissipation, assembly, and reliability requirements while delivering system-level solutions for leading-edge products in data centers and high-end compute segments.

Responsibilities:

• Perform thermal simulations to influence package and system design.

• Propose novel thermal solutions to enable the Lightmatter product portfolio by investigating relevant technologies and des

Requirements

Department: Photonics Packaging Engineering