Staff Embedded Software Engineer (Toronto)

Who you are - BS and 8+ years of experience, or MS and 6+ years of experience - Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field - Industry experience with device driver and kernel side development - Solid understanding of hardware-software integration - Practical knowledge of communication and control in embedded systems, peripherals, and buses - Experience with developing commercial/enterprise-level software and firmware on Linux - Experience with Git and CMake for building and managing software projects - Hands‑on experience designing, simulating, or deploying control of autonomous systems - Proficiency with Python or C++ - Familiarity with debugging tools such as GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers - Experience developing firmware for photonic transceivers or similar systems - Experience with environments such as CMIS, OpenBMC and DMTF - Experience with optical communication systems and technologies - Candidates should have capacity to comply with the federally mandated requirements of U.S. export control laws What the job involves - We are hiring a talented software engineer to help us build the next generation of photonic AI processors and interconnects - In this role, you will be responsible for developing and extending the device software and firmware stack for Photonic Compute and Photonic interconnect products - You will collaborate with other software teams and hardware systems teams to develop security, telemetry, virtualization, and remote administration functionality - Collaborate across a multidisciplinary team including Photonic, Analog, Digital, Systems and Network experts to define control plane architecture for Lightmatter's photonic interconnect products - Define diagnostics and monitoring architecture for photonic transceivers - Integrate with DataCenter administration capabilities using environments such as CMIS, OpenBMC and DMTF - Debug and troubleshoot embedded systems using tools such as GDB, JTAG, and logic analyzers - Participate in customer engagements to gather requirements and usability criteria Benefits - Commuter benefit - Happy hour – Spend time together and build friendships - Generous vacation policy and holidays - 401(K) - Prospect to learn from your peers and teach them what you know across electronics, photonics, machine learning, and more Apply on Kit Job: kitjob.ca/job/2prd0n