Senior Staff Optical Engineer

Requirements

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields with 3+ years of experience; or Master's degree with 5+ years of experience OR Bachelor's degree with 5-10 years, in design validation and modeling for fiber-optical communication systems.
• Strong knowledge of optical communication components, including optical DSP, coherent DSP, high speed modulators, receivers, transimpedance amplifiers, RF amplifiers.
• Strong knowledge in optical communication systems impairments and compensations, signal integrity along the data path, amplifiers, and tunable filters.
• Solid understanding of RF/microwave engineering and photonics fundamentals
• Strong programming proficiency in Python
• Experience with system or channel simulation using Keysight ADS (including IBIS-AMI) or MATLAB
• Experience in signal processing and analysis for data communication
• Hands-on experience working with electrical and optical test equipment: optical spectrum analyzer, digital communication analyzers, high-speed electric scopes, wavelength and power meters.
• Familiarity with signal integrity, PAM4 Serdes, VNA, and TDR
• Expected Base Pay Range (USD)
• 134,390 - 201,300, $ 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
• 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 .
• 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.
• This position may requ

Benefits

Additional Information

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 Today's bandwidth-intensive online lifestyle - from streaming video to generative AI - requires 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 product lines, Marvell technology is pushing the exponential growth of data movement through optical interconnects. The Optical Connectivity Group in Marvell is a group of world-class talent that brings innovations into mass-manufacturable, reliable product to the industry, blazing the frontier of technologies to handle the challenge for higher bandwidth, lower latency, lower power the world is calling for. What You Can Expect Perform end-to-end system simulations for high-speed optical interconnect systems including Serdes, electrical channel, optical channel, packages, and optical transceiver. Develop, maintain, and enhance system-level simulation environments Conduct laboratory measurements and correlate results with simulations for system validation, optimization, and performance evaluation Analyze and resolve signal integrity issues, including crosstalk, attenuation, reflections, and discontinuities in high‑speed designs Perform engineering validation test and design validation test

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