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Senior Staff Optical Engineer

Marvell
Santa Clara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Aug 2025
💰 $195,800/yr($130,740/yr$195,800/yr)

About the role

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

Today's bandwidth-intensive links for data centers and AI require high-performance with uncompromised quality. Optical communication is ubiquitous in these networks worldwide, both in long and short reaches. With its DSP, broadband amplifiers, photonic ICs and optical transceivers products Marvell technology is enabling this exponential growth of data movement through optical interconnects.

What You Can Expect

  • Develop test, calibration, and optimization methods for high-speed optical interconnect products such as optical transceivers and co-packaging optics
  • Design, develop, and maintain test station and test software platform for highly efficient and scalable testing
  • Execute bring-up, debug, calibration, EVT, and DVT
  • Analyze test data and generate reports

What We're Looking For

  • PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 2+ years of experience in optical transceivers testing, photonic IC controls and calibrations OR
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 2+ years of experience OR
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 3+ years of related professional experience
  • Knowledge and experience with optical communications from system to component level
  • Experience in Python programming language for test automation and data analysis
  • Experience with electrical and optical communication test equipment
  • Experience in Git, MATLAB, JMP, Keysight ADS, and Linux is a plus
  • Background in digital signal processing is a plus

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

130,740 - 195,800, $ 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 TAOps@marvell.com.

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