Distinguished Engineer (Chiplet Lead - Photonic Fabric)
Santa Clara, United States of America
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, 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 As Generative AI continues to advance, the performance drivers for data center infrastructure are shifting from systems-on-chip (SOCs) to systems of chips. In the era of Accelerated Computing, data center bottlenecks are no longer limited to compute performance, but rather the system’s interconnect bandwidth, memory bandwidth, and memory capacity. The Photonic Fabric™ is the next-generation interconnect technology that delivers a tenfold increase in performance and energy efficiency compared to competing solutions. The Photonic Fabric™ includes optical interface chiplets, optical interposers, and Optical Multi-chip Interconnect Bridges (OMIB). This allows customers to easily incorporate high bandwidth, low power, and low latency optical interfaces into their AI accelerators and GPUs. The technology is fully compatible with both protocol and physical layers, including standard 2.5D packaging processes. This seamless integration enables XPUs to utilize optical interconnects for both compute-to-compute and compute-to-memory fabrics, achieving bandwidths in the tens of terabits per second with nanosecond latencies. This innovation empowers hyperscalers to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of AI processing by optimizing the XPUs required for training and inference, while significantly reducing the TCO2 impact. What You Can Expect Marvell Technology is seeking a highly experienced Chip Lead to own the end‑to‑end development of a heterogeneous photonic chiplet comprising a high‑speed electrical IC with advanced analog SERDES and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), brought together using advanced co‑packaged technologies. This role requires technical breadth across mixed‑signal SoC design, photonic integration, chiplet‑style partitioning, firmware and package‑level co‑design, along with proven leadership delivering complex silicon from concept through silicon bring‑up, ATE, and system validation. The ideal candidate has shipped high‑speed I/O and/or optical products, understands electrical‑optical tradeoffs, and can act as the single technical owner across die, package, optics, and system boundaries. Key
Responsibilities Own the end‑to‑end product design spanning Electrical IC, Photonic IC, firmware stack, and advanced packaging design. Lead micro‑architecture and RTL development for the Electrical IC that can include high speed SERDES and digital subsystems with internally developed IPs and industry standard external IPs such as UALink, UCIe, etc. Collaborate with verification team to ensure robust functional and performance verification spanning digital RTL, AMS and electrical-optical interfaces. Work closely with physical design and packaging teams on floorplanning, physical implementation, timing, power, and physical verification closure. Partner with DFT experts to drive DFT strategy for digital, analog SERDES, and system‑level testability. Partner with photonics team to define PIC architecture, interfaces, and control schemes, and ensure robust electrical-optical co‑design. Collaborate with test engineering to drive ATE enablement, test program development, and debug. Lead cross-functional team to complete system‑level validation, including boards, optics, firmware, and software interaction. Drive root‑cause analysis across silicon, package, optics, and system domains. Mentor and develop senior engineers and influence cross functional teams across disciplines in a matrixed environment. Identify and communicate technical status, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering and product leadership.
What We're Looking For Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields and 15+ years of related professional experience OR Master’s degree / PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 8-12 years of experience. 15+ years of experience in ASIC / SoC development with end‑to‑end chip ownership. Strong experience across Micro‑architecture and RTL design, high‑speed analog SERDES, physical design and sign‑off, DFT and manufacturing test, advanced packaging and chiplet‑style integration, post‑silicon bring‑up, ATE, and system validation. Ability to clearly articulate architectural and implementation tradeoffs across performance, power, area, yield, cost, schedule, and risk. Strong track record of driving alignment across cross‑functional teams with differing viewpoints in a matrixed environment and drive solutions to tough engineering problems across the product stack. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including leading technical reviews and communicating status, risks, and decisions to engineering and product leadership at the executive level. While deep expertise across all domains is not expected, the ideal candidate will demonstrate the maturity and technical judgment to foster a culture of cross-domain collaboration and deal with conflicts in a calm and constructive fashion. Preferred
Qualifications Prior experience in delivery of high‑speed I/O and/or optical products into production. Prior experience as Chip Lead, SoC Architect, or System‑Level Technical Lead. Expected Base Pay Range (USD) 209,770 - 314,300, $ 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 Marvell is committed to providing exceptional, comprehensive
benefits that support our employees at every stage - from internship to retirement and through life’s most important moments. Our offerings are built around four key pillars: financial well-being, family support, mental and physical health, and recognition. Highlights include an employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back, family support programs to help balance work and home life, robust mental health resources to prioritize emotional well-being, and a recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones. We look forward to sharing more with you 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]. 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. #LI-AR3 Join our talent community to hear about company news, job openings and events. Join our Talent Community! 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. Recruitment fraud is a well-known way that third parties try to get personal information or to steal money from you. Please review Marvell’s guidance here to learn more on how you can protect yourself.
