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Packaging Thermal and Mechanical Analysis Internship - Summer 2027

Lightmatter55 open roles

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$53 – $57 an hour
Where
Mountain View, CA
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Your applicationOpen nowPackaging Thermal and Mechanical Analysis Internship - Summer 2027Lightmatter · Mountain View, CA

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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? Join Lightmatter’s Packaging team to build the foundation of an AI-enabled framework that lets engineers quickly explore package design options and narrow candidates before committing to detailed simulation or hardware builds. You’ll combine physics-based simulation with machine learning, including physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) and other surrogate models, to make fast early predictions that stay physically grounded. Initial use cases include narrowing thermal solutions and predicting warpage, with room to extend to other objectives.

Your work will feed into all upcoming products, POCs, and test vehicles from day one, and your experiments will build fundamental understanding of coupled thermal-structural-optical physics. You’ll be mentored by experienced thermal and thermo-mechanical engineers and learn how first-order analysis, AI surrogates, and high-fidelity simulation complement each other in early design decisions, and how package architecture, materials, and cooling come together in leading-edge AI and HPC products.

Responsibilities:

  • Build a flexible framework that links package design parameters (geometry, materials, process, thermal solution) to outputs such as thermal performance and warpage.
  • Develop and evaluate PINNs, other surrogate models, and reduced-order or analytical models for fast first-order predictions on new package concepts.
  • Automate FEA and CFD setup, execution, and post-processing in Python to generate parametric datasets. Train and validate models against high-fidelity simulation and hardware data, quantifying accuracy and uncertainty.
  • Plan and run physical DOEs (test setup, measurement, analysis) to build understanding of coupled thermal-structural-optical physics.
  • Partner with packaging, thermal, and thermo-mechanical engineers to define requirements and inputs/outputs, and adapt the framework to upcoming products.

Requirements:

  • Currently pursuing an MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
  • Coursework in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, FEA, CFD, numerical methods, and solid or fracture mechanics.
  • Graduate research in multi-physics problems, with both modeling and experimental validation.
  • Experience with thermal (Icepak, Fluent, Flotherm) and structural (Ansys, Abaqus, COMSOL) simulation tools.
  • Proficiency in Python (or similar) for scripting, data processing, and simulation automation.
  • Curiosity and willingness to learn from the team.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Graduate research in electronic or semiconductor packaging.
  • Familiarity with thermal-structural coupling, warpage, and package-level thermal management.
  • Coursework in packaging, numerical methods, or machine learning.
  • Experience with PINNs, scientific ML, or surrogate modeling of FEA/CFD data using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX.
  • Interest in photonics and co-packaged optics.

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

  • Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Savings Matching Program
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Paid Family Leave
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Flexible, hybrid workplace model
  • 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.

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