Silicon Photonics Design, Principal Engineer
Job Description
About Marvell
Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, 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
Your team develops silicon photonics-based optical engines and components at the heart of next-generation AI and Data Center infrastructure, directly shaping how AI systems connect and scale.Join a group of curious, highly motivated engineers embedded in a culture that is flexible, open, highly international and diverse, and genuinely people-centered. Zurich consistently ranks among the world's top cities for quality of living for expatriates and is Europe's leading tech hub, a city that seamlessly blends multicultural innovation with stunning natural surroundings.
What You Can Expect
- Simulate and design active and passive photonic integrated components, circuits and high-bandwidth photonic systems
- Translate device operational specifications into mask layouts
- Drive tape-out activities including layout verification, DRC, and documentation
- Contribute to software development and maintenance for simulation and mask layout tools, including PDK
- Testing and characterization of resulting components, qualification of components/integrated circuits
- Analyze and interpret measurement data, comparing experimental results with simulations to optimize device performance.
- Root cause and failure analysis of components and integrated circuits
What We're Looking For
- Master’s degree and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of industry experience in a high-tech engineering environment.
- Strong understanding of silicon photonics, semiconductor physics, optical component design, fabrication, and testing.
- Strong background in optical communications or high-frequency electrical/electro-optical characterization (>40 GHz).
- Hands-on experience in photonic device characterization and testing in a development environment; high-speed testing background preferred.
- Experience with advanced packaging or 2.5D/3D integration in optical platforms is a plus.
In-depth experience and expertise in:
- Photonic electromagnetic field simulations (Lumerical preferred) .
- RF PCB design and RF electromagnetic field simulation (HFSS preferred).
- Code-based mask layout design for photonic ICs (Synopsys preferred), including experience with external PDKs, libraries, and DRC. Design and tape-out experience with multiple foundries is a plus.
You also bring the following personal qualities:
- Proactive, self-starting energy. You take ownership of your work, set the pace for those around you, and consistently deliver high-quality results.
- Ability to pivot as priorities shift, picking up new responsibilities quickly and executing with the same commitment regardless of the task.
- Ability to translate complex technical topics for any audience with clarity and confidence.
- Genuine team-player attitude, with the ability to work cross-functionally and globally and to bring colleagues along with you
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.
Interview Integrity
To support fair and authentic hiring practices, candidates are not permitted to use AI tools (such as transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT or Copilot, or automated note-taking bots) during interviews.
These tools must not be used to record, assist with, or enhance responses in any way. Our interviews are designed to evaluate your individual experience, thought process, and communication skills in real time. Use of AI tools without prior instruction from the interviewer will result in disqualification from the hiring process.
This position may require access to technology and/or software subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information as defined under applicable law. Marvell may be required to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State. Except for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), all applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.
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