High-Speed SerDes & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

Job Title

High-Speed SerDes & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

Role Summary

The Hardware and Silicon Validation team in Marvell's Connectivity Business Group develops electrical and optical test platforms, benches and measurement methods for high-speed and optical interconnect products. This role will design and deliver test platforms, PCBs and automated benches for a VCSEL-based optical interconnect program and work with multidisciplinary teams and external vendors to bring up, validate and characterize electro-optical products.

Experience Level

Senior - experienced engineer; see Education Requirements for degree-related experience thresholds.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Define, design and own electrical and optical test platforms and benches from requirements through bring-up and validation.
• Design evaluation and characterization PCBs, test fixtures and adapters, including schematic, stack-up, SI/PI, layout, fabrication and assembly follow-up.
• Develop measurement techniques for optical links and high-speed electrical interfaces; evaluate and specify instruments.
• Bring up, debug and characterize electro-optical chiplets and products; execute validation plans from first silicon to tape-out.
• Qualify optics vendor samples and correlate results across vendors and labs.
• Automate instrument control, data collection and analysis (Python) and produce test plans and characterization reports.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• Hands-on experience with high-speed electrical lab instruments: real-time and sampling oscilloscopes, BERT, VNA/TDR, AWG, spectrum analyzers.
• Hands-on optical lab experience: optical power meters, optical spectrum analyzers, high-speed photoreceivers, fiber handling and optical alignment.
• Bench automation and instrument control (Python, SCPI/VISA/GPIB) and data-analysis skills (Python, MATLAB, JMP, or R).
• Working knowledge of high-speed board design: reading schematics/layouts, SI/PI, transmission-line fundamentals, PCB materials, fabrication and assembly; experience with OrCAD/Allegro or equivalent.
• Strong fundamentals in communication systems and analog/digital circuit troubleshooting.
• Proven ownership of complex platform or board projects and ability to mentor junior staff; effective communication in English.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with electro-optical VCSEL-based interconnects and optical vendor qualification.
• Experience with automated test benches and lab calibration across sites.

Education Requirements

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering or a related field preferred. The posting specifies experience thresholds tied to degree: 6+ years of related experience with a Master's/PhD, or 9+ years with a Bachelor's.

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.