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Salary: USD 214,000 - 286,000 / annual
Lightmatter is a venture-backed company (Series D, $4.4B valuation) pioneering AI data center infrastructure through photonics technology. The company invented Passage™, a 3D-stacked photonics engine that connects thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light for extreme-scale AI and HPC workloads.
You will lead product definition, rollout, and market introduction for Lightmatter's photonics-enabled solutions, driving design wins with top semiconductor and cloud vendors. Reporting to the Director of Product Management, you will partner across engineering, sales, operations, finance, and executive leadership to accelerate product adoption in segment-defining categories.
Key responsibilities include:
- Drive product definition (MRD/PRD), SKU strategy, and commercial positioning for silicon photonics products, focusing on the Passage interconnect platform, evaluation systems, and demonstration vehicles
- Establish strategic industry partnerships to secure key optical hardware solutions (lasers, fibers, connectors, components)
- Manage complete product lifecycle from early development through volume production, including rollouts to lead customers
- Partner with sales to win key accounts through high-impact proposals, technical collateral, and ROI/value frameworks
- Establish pricing guidelines, margin models, and revenue forecasts for competitive positioning and profitability
- Collaborate with technical teams to produce outbound collateral and technical documentation
This is a high-impact role requiring deep expertise in a complex, emerging technology space. You will work at the intersection of hardware, semiconductors, and data center infrastructure—areas critical to the future of AI computing.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of related experience, with 6+ years in product management, marketing, applications engineering, or business development driving high-complexity semiconductor products to volume production
- Detailed market and technical knowledge of silicon photonics and related optical technologies
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related engineering field
- Proven track record driving products from initial business definition through design-in, volume production, and end-of-life (EOL)
- Deep experience with datacenter-deployed technology, including management, provisioning, operation, and maintenance of optical components
- Comprehensive end-to-end knowledge of semiconductor chip design and manufacturing processes
- Skilled in gathering, analyzing, and interpreting complex datasets to inform product and business strategy
- Collaborative leader adept at leveraging financial indicators and metrics to drive profitable business decisions
- Strong communicator with a track record of aligning multi-disciplinary teams to eliminate misalignments and accelerate delivery
PREFERRED:
- PhD focused on Optics, Photonics, or related advanced photonic technology
- Proactive self-starter who excels in fast-paced environments, managing competing priorities, and taking full ownership of rapid, high-quality execution
- Quick learner with a hands-on, "no task is too big or too small" approach to solving complex problems
- Strong, established professional network across datacenter, semiconductor, and optical industry segments
