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

Marvell is the leader in data movement interconnects between and inside data centers. We move big data fast, around the globe, with high quality and reliability. We offer semiconductor components and optical subsystems to our networking original equipment manufacturer (OEM), optical module, cloud and telecom service provider customers.

As a Silicon Photonics Intern in the Optical Interconnect team, you will contribute to silicon photonics devices and integrated circuits that power next-generation high-speed optical links for AI and cloud data centers.

What You Can Expect

• Work with the optical component / photonic integrated circuit design flow used in industry.
• Work with the design constraints and trade-offs that must be considered in industry.
• Design, simulate and model innovative silicon photonic devices (e.g., modulators, photodetectors, waveguides, couplers, filters) and high-speed optical interfaces, taking industry requirements into account.
• Support characterization and validation of silicon photonic devices and correlate measurements with simulation and models.
• Analyze and present data and ideas to the team and to a diverse audience.
• Collaborate with design, packaging, test and product teams.

What We're Looking For

• Student in a Ph.D. degree program in Electrical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, Optical Engineering or a related field.
• Solid understanding of one or more of the following: 1. Semiconductor optical devices such as modulators, detectors, lasers and other waveguide devices, with familiarity or direct experience of optical simulation software tools and/or optical device modeling. 2. Semiconductor packaging/integration technology such as signal/power integrity, heterogeneous integration, mechanical and assembly processes.
• Ability to present data and ideas to a diverse audience.
• Preferred: Python/MATLAB for data analysis and automation; hands-on experience with optical lab measurements.

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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