Supply Chain Internship - Summer 2027
Mountain View, CA · HybridInternship$53–57/hrPosted todayStill listed today
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Job overview
Lightmatter’s Supply Chain Operations team designs and executes global manufacturing networks for photonic engines. The Summer 2027 intern will support high-volume manufacturing programs, help improve material and delivery tracking, and work with internal stakeholders and suppliers. The role includes mentorship from leaders in photonics and computing and concludes with a review of process updates and data-driven recommendations.
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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
Are you ready to do meaningful internship work on technology that is changing how AI systems are built? At Lightmatter you will have mentorship from leaders in photonics and computing. Lightmatter's Supply Chain Operations team designs and executes the complex, global manufacturing networks required to build our world-first photonic engines at scale.
Responsibilities:
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Map supply chain process checkpoints across internal teams and external vendors to identify operational bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
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Assist in designing and refining agentic processes to more effectively track material dependencies, deliveries, and timelines.
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Collaborate directly with stakeholders and suppliers to gather workflow data, ensuring all tracking mechanisms align with broader program goals.
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Provide hands-on operational support for High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) programs (GuideDR & XPO), assisting with daily execution while documenting areas for scale.
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Deliver a consolidated end-of-term review that outlines implemented process updates and offers data-driven recommendations for long-term supply chain efficiency.
Requirements:
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Master’s in Industrial Engineering or Supply Chain Management
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Interest in Supply Chain and Operations
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Willingness and curiosity to learn from an exciting team!
Preferred Qualifications
- Research, lab, or prior internship experience in hardware and hardware manufacturing
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 $53—$57 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 5,485 open Supply Chain jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$53–57/hr
- California median$25–31/hr86 hourly ranges
- US median$23–29/hr586 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $55/hr, is 93% above the California median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the top quarter of Supply Chain hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 669 open Supply Chain jobs in California and 5,485 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Supply Chain postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (3,947 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 35 of the 5,485 open Supply Chain jobs (under 1%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Intern jobs
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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