Alexander Sludds
Staff Photonics Architect at Lightmatter
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Sludds is a Staff Photonics Architect with 11 years of experience specializing in large-scale CMOS silicon photonic systems for next-generation supercomputing. He holds a BS, MEng, and PhD from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science, and progressed from intern to senior and now staff roles at Lightmatter, where he focuses on architecting photonic hardware and system integration. His work bridges deep research and practical engineering—translating PhD-level photonics research into manufacturable designs for high-performance computing. Based in Cambridge, MA, he combines academic rigor with startup velocity and a track record of advancing silicon photonics from concept to prototype at system scale.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (69)
python10
machine-learning10
simulate9
neural-network9
digital-signal-processing9
photonics9
deep-learning9
klayout9
simulation9
hardware9
addon9
eda9
tensorflow9
cad8
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
alexsludds/alexsludds.github.io
Jul 2021 - Nov 2023
Contributions:109 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
alexsludds/gdsfactory
Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
Python package to generate GDS layouts.
Contributions:17 pushes, 6 branches in 2 months
pythongdslayoutswoff2python-package
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