Marvell Technology

Senior Principal Engineer, Chip Lead, Photonic Fabric Chiplet

Marvell Technology$182K — $273K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC development with end-to-end chip ownership
  • Strong expertise in micro-architecture, RTL design, and high-speed analog SERDES
  • Experience in physical design, sign-off, DFT, and manufacturing test
  • Proven track record in advanced packaging and chiplet-style integration
  • Excellent communication skills for leading technical reviews and cross-functional alignment

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end product design spanning Electrical IC, Photonic IC, firmware stack, and advanced packaging
  • Lead micro-architecture and RTL development for high-speed SERDES and digital subsystems
  • Collaborate with verification team to ensure robust functional and performance validations
  • Work closely with physical design and packaging teams on implementation and verification
  • Partner with DFT experts to drive testability strategies across chip domains
  • Define PIC architecture and ensure robust electrical-optical design with photonic teams
  • Lead system-level validation and root-cause analysis across all domains

Benefits

  • Flexible work hours and remote work options
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Retirement savings plan with company matching
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Supportive company culture promoting innovation and diversity
Full Job Description

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 isseekinga highly experiencedaChipLeada to own theenda-atoa-aenddevelopment of a heterogeneous photonic chipletcomprisinga aahigha-aspeedelectrical IC with advanced analog SERDESa and aphotonic integrated circuit (PIC), brought together usingadvancedcoa-apackagedtechnologies.

This role requires technical breadth acrossmixeda-asignalSoC design, photonic integration,achipleta-astylepartitioning,afirmwareandapackagea-alevelcoa-adesign, along with proven leadership delivering complex silicon from concept throughsiliconbringa-aup, ATE, and system validation.

The ideal candidate has shippedhigha-aspeedI/O and/or optical products, understandselectricala-aopticaltradeoffs, and can act as the single technical owner across die, package, optics, and system boundaries.

Key Responsibilitiesa

  • Own theaenda-atoa-aend producta designa spanninga Electrical IC, Photonic IC,a firmware stack,a anda advanced packaginga design.a

  • Leadmicroa-aarchitectureand RTL developmenta forthe Electrical ICthata canincludehigh speed SERDESa and digital subsystems witha internally developeda IPsa anda industry standarda external IPs such asa UALink, UCIe,a etc.

  • Collaboratewithverification team toensure robust functional and performance verificationspanningdigital RTL,a AMSand electrical-optical interfaces.

  • Work closelywitha physical designand packaging teams onfloorplanning, physical implementation, timing,a power, anda physical verification closure.

  • Partnerwith DFT experts toadriveDFT strategya for digital, analog SERDES, and systema-level testability.

  • Partnerwitha photonicsteamto defineaPIC architecture, interfaces, and control schemes,anda ensure robustelectrical-opticalcoa-adesign.

  • Collaboratewith test engineering to driveaATE enablement, test program development, and debug.

  • Leadcross-functional team toa completeasystema-alevel validation, including boards, optics, firmware, and software interaction.Drivea roota-cause analysis across silicon, package, optics, and system domains.Mentorand developsenior engineers and influencea cross functional teamsacross disciplinesin a matrixed environment.

  • Identifyandcommunicate technical status, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering and product leadership.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree ina Computer Science,a Electrical Engineering,a ora related fields and 15+a years of relateda professional experiencea ORa Master’s degreea / aPhDa ina Computer Science,a Electricala Engineeringa ora related fields witha 8-12a years of experience.a

  • 15+ years of experience inaASIC / SoC developmenta withaenda-atoa-aenda chip ownership.a

  • Strong experience acrossa Microa-aarchitecturea and RTL design,a higha-a speedaanalog SERDES,a physical design anda signa-aoff,a DFT and manufacturing test,a advanced packaging anda chipleta-astylea integration,a posta-a silicona bringa-aup, ATE, and system validation.a

  • Ability toclearly articulate architectural andimplementationtradeoffsa across performance, power, area, yield, cost, schedule, and risk.

  • Strongtrack recordofdriving alignmentacrosscrossa-afunctionalteams with differing viewpoints in a matrixed environmentand drive solutions to toughengineering 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 leadershipat the executive level.

  • While deepexpertiseacross all domains is not expected, the ideal candidate willdemonstratethea maturity andtechnical judgment tofoster a culture of cross-domain collaborationanda deal with conflicts in a calm and constructivefashion.



Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior experience indelivery ofahigha-aspeedI/O and/or optical productsa into production.

  • PriorexperienceasaChipLead, SoC Architect, oraSystema-aLevelTechnical Lead.

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

182,360 - 273,200, $ per annum

The successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions. T

About Marvell Technology

Marvell Technology is a semiconductor company that designs and develops analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits. The company's product portfolio includes processors, connectivity, storage, and security solutions. Marvell's customers operate in various industries, including data center, enterprise, automotive, industrial, and consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Marvell Technology
Size
6,729 employees
Market Cap
$30.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$277.3 million
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+14.2%
Revenue
$2.9 billion
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