Photonics Layout Intern - Summer 2027
Boston, MA · HybridInternship$40–45/hrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
Lightmatter is seeking an MS or PhD candidate for an internship on its Photonics Layout and Verification team. The intern will work on execution and verification for block- and chip-scale photonic interconnects, gaining experience with photonics integration and verification flows. The ideal candidate has practical silicon photonics experience and strong human and agentic coding skills.
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Full job description
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!
About this job
We are looking for an MS or PhD Candidate to fill the internship position within a Photonics Layout and Verification team. In this role, you will be working on execution and verification for some of the state of the art block- and chip-scale photonic interconnects. You will gain unique experience with the industry-leading photonics integration and verification flows. An ideal candidate must have practical experience with silicon photonics complemented with strong human and agentic coding skills.
Join a tight-knit team where each individual’s contributions directly influence the success of the company and product. You'll have the opportunity to build innovative integrated photonic solutions from the ground up and tackle groundbreaking challenges. Work with people who love to build and who thrive in diverse technical environments where great ideas are prioritized.
Responsibilities:
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Perform rigorous layout- and netlist-driven photonic simulation and verification, identify performance bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues.
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Run Monte Carlo and corner analysis.
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Help further develop and improve photonic layout, verification and integration flows for multiple photonic processes and foundries
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Contribute to proprietary PDK development
Requirements:
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MS or PhD Candidate in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or similar
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Understanding of fundamental concepts of silicon photonics
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Familiarity with of a wide variety of silicon photonics devices, knowledge of their key performance metrics
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Proficiency with Python
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Experience with script-based photonic circuit design and simulations using GDSFactory, PhotonForge or similar
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Proficiency with AI and agentic workflows
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Good communication skills, demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams
Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay determined based on the position and your location, year in school, degree, and experience.
Hourly Rate in USD $40—$45 USD
Benefits
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Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
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Retirement Savings Matching Program
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Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
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Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
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Paid Family Leave
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Short Term & Long Term Disability
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Training & Development
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Commuter Benefits
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Flexible, hybrid workplace model
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Equity grants (applicable to full-time employees)
Benefits eligibility may vary depending on your employment status and location. 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.
Export Control
Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,080 open Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$40–45/hr
- Massachusetts median$26–32/hr36 hourly ranges
- US median$25–34/hr858 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $42.50/hr, is 36% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($31/hr) — in the middle half of Engineering hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 224 open Engineering jobs in Massachusetts and 7,080 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- RTX Corporation16 open
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- Experience
- Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 10 years (4,822 postings).
- Education
- 3,519 of the 7,080 open Engineering jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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