Silicon Photonics Engineer, Senior Staff

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

Group Description
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

• 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​.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Photonics or related fields and 5+ years of related professional experience. OR Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Photonics or related fields with 3+ years of experience.

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

• Solid background and hands-on experience on high speed modulator or photodiode design and validation.

• 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

• Effective team player.

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

124,160 - 186,000, $ per annum

The successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions. The expected base pay range for this role may be modified based on market conditions.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements 

At Marvell, we offer a total compensation package with a base, bonus and equity.Health and financial wellbeing are part of the package. That means flexible time off, 401k, plus a year-end shutdown, floating holidays, paid time off to volunteer. Have a question about our benefits packages - health or financial? Ask your recruiter during the interview process.

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.

Any applicant who requires a reasonable accommodation during the selection process should contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at [email protected].

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