Silicon Photonics Engineer

About Marvell

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, automotive, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities. 

At Marvell, you can affect the arc of individual lives, lift the trajectory of entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation, above and beyond fleeting trends, Marvell is a place to thrive, learn, and lead. 

Your Team, Your Impact

The Optics team builds highly integrated component platforms with high speed Silicon photonics, transmit and receive amplifiers, controller ASIC’s with Marvell DSP’s. These components are made operational with a highly functional embedded firmware. The team is responsible for design, verification, and validation of these integrated high speed optical components. The team performs system level testing under various operating conditions, and validates the performance of the hardware, firmware and control loops. An engineer in this team will be involved in a full product lifecycle and will carry new products from inception all the way to NPI.

What You Can Expect

• This role is hybrid.

• In this role you will be part of a development team that is responsible for all aspects of engineering design, process development, and productization for Marvell’s optics product line.

• Contribute to optical components development for next generation of product.

• Implement creative design solutions to accelerate design and tapeout of photonics products.

• Collaborate closely with CAD and foundry process teams working on the development and support of next generation photonics design flow and design automation.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams consisting of Digital and Analog Circuit designers, Signal/Power Integrity, and substrate layout, and system design team.

• Responsibility changes from time to time depending on the priority of the team and products.​

• The person is expected to catch up with the new responsibility quickly and execute​.

• Effective team player.

What We're Looking For

• Master’s degree and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics or related discipline or equivalently those with an M.S/M. Eng. will also be considered. Industrial experience is strongly desirable.

• A strong understanding of optical component design, fabrication and validation.

• Solid background in semiconductor optical devices such as detectors, modulators and other integrated waveguide devices.

• Use of optical and electrical modeling and simulation software to design electro-optical devices and generate GDS level mask data for device fabrication.

• Solid track record with industry standard tools is expected along with the ability to define and develop PDK.

• Expertise with design automation EDA software, flows and architecture and a solid understanding of optical simulation tools and related methodologies.

• Familiarity or direct experience in the standard Si/CMOS/MEMS process technologies required for fabrication and integration of electrical and optical devices.

• Expected to work with cross-functional team.

• A proactive self-starter with an exceptional degree of confidence and commitment who does not require constant nudging to move programs forward or effectively complete their execution.

• Demonstrated history of technical leadership

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We’re dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it’s like to work at Marvell, visit our Careers page.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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