Senior Staff Optical Reliability Engineer

Job Title

Senior Staff Optical Reliability Engineer

Role Summary

The Reliability Engineering Team within Marvell's Quality organization owns product qualification and reliability for optical products including silicon photonics light engines, co-packaged optics (CPO) assemblies and pluggable optical transceivers. This role leads qualification planning, stress-testing execution, reliability data analysis, and failure analysis to ensure product robustness.

Expected base pay range (USD): 122,200 - 183,000 per annum. This role is eligible for bonus and equity. Applicants needing reasonable accommodation during the selection process may contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at TAOps@marvell.com.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 5–10 years of relevant industry experience. Role requires senior-level autonomy, cross-functional leadership, and vendor management.

Responsibilities

The engineer will define and execute product qualification programs and manage reliability activities for optical products.

• Create and execute product qualification plans and report results to internal stakeholders and customers.
• Specify, bring up and validate qualification hardware (stress boards) and coordinate with subcontractors and engineering teams.
• Plan and run stress testing at internal and external labs (HTOL, BDH, HAST, TC, etc.) and manage test subcontractors/vendors.
• Perform reliability data analysis, predict product lifetime, and maintain FIT/MTBF estimates.
• Drive failure analysis and root-cause investigations arising from qualification testing.
• Collaborate on FMEA with design, package and product engineering and implement risk mitigations.
• Support qualification of new vendors and develop packaging solutions for die products.
• Prepare internal and customer-facing qualification reports and support ongoing reliability monitoring.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience for immediate success.

• 2+ years in product qualification and reliability testing of optical or optoelectronic semiconductor products.
• Strong understanding of optical systems: semiconductor lasers, silicon photonic devices, co-packaged or near-package optics, and pluggable transceivers.
• Deep knowledge of semiconductor components, assembly processes and advanced packaging technologies.
• Familiarity with qualification standards such as JEDEC, Telcordia (GR-468), and relevant MIL-STD requirements.
• Experience with reliability stress testing methodologies (HTOL, DH, HAST, TC, HTS, ESD, LU, etc.).
• Experience with reliability and statistical data analysis; proficiency with tools such as JMP, Minitab or ReliaSoft.
• Experience automating data collection and processing with Python; familiarity with AI tools is a plus.
• Experience managing external test labs/subcontractors and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication, planning and organizational skills; ability to handle multiple concurrent projects independently.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience predicting product lifetime and maintaining FIT/MTBF estimates.
• Hands-on failure analysis experience and familiarity with failure analysis tools and techniques.

Education Requirements

BS in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Materials Science or a related field with 5–10 years of experience; or MS/PhD with 3–5 years of experience. Related technical fields are acceptable.

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.