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
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 and is Europe's leading tech hub, a city that seamlessly blends multicultural innovation with stunning natural surroundings.
What You Can Expect
- Identify and develop solutions for integrating novel process steps and materials across the full manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and testing chain, working with hardware, packaging, equipment, and wafer-level partners to define and implement scalable approaches.
- Plan, execute, analyze, and document experiments, both internally in the lab and in collaboration with external partners, translating results into concrete process improvements.
- Work closely with external foundries, partners, and suppliers to develop and transfer processes, from initial feasibility through production readiness.
- Coordinate internally across teams to ensure new processes integrate smoothly into existing workflows and assembly sequences.
What We're Looking For
- Master's degree and/or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Material Science, or a related field.
- Systems-level understanding of the full manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and testing chain, with broad familiarity across areas such as advanced packaging, wafer-level processing, PCB or board design, or work with OSATs and equipment manufacturers.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in process development or integration of novel materials in a photonics or semiconductor environment, including planning and executing DOEs and translating results into process improvements.
- Solid grounding in integrated photonics device physics and semiconductor fabrication processes; background in organic electro-optics, organic photovoltaics, or organic electronics is a plus.
- Proven ability to work with external foundries or suppliers, defining project scope and technical requirements, driving the collaboration, and managing feedback loops.
- Experience with optical device characterization and testing is a plus.
You also bring the following personal qualities:
- Proactive, self-starting and hands-on. You take ownership of your work and consistently deliver high-quality results without waiting for detailed direction.
- Comfortable engaging as a technical peer with internal cross-functional teams and external engineering partners. and skilled at building productive, long-term working relationships with them.
- Able to work through complex technical trade-offs independently and communicate your reasoning clearly to any audience.
- Flexibility to pivot as priorities shift, picking up new responsibilities quickly and executing with the same commitment regardless of the task.
This role is eligible to participate in Marvell's bonus and equity plans, including a new hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers, ensuring you are rewarded for your contributions and remain invested in the company's long-term success.
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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