About the role

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The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) – Photonics & Optical Packaging at Marvell is responsible for ensuring supplier quality, reliability, and change control for photonic devices and advanced optical packaging technologies. This role involves leading supplier qualification, driving continuous improvement, managing failure analysis and corrective actions, and overseeing change control to support reliable production ramp and sustaining for high-performance optical interconnect products.

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Key Responsibilities

Lead qualification of photonics and optical packaging suppliers (PIC fabs, laser epi/fabs, OSATs, fiber attach and passive suppliers).
Drive supplier production readiness reviews covering process capability, yield maturity, reliability readiness, and traceability.
Ensure compliance to optical-specific quality requirements including alignment tolerances, optical power, coupling loss, and cleanliness controls.
Own supplier quality for optical processes such as die attach, fiber attach, active alignment, underfill, hermetic / non-hermetic sealing, and optical inspection.
Partner with engineering teams to define critical-to-quality (CTQ) parameters for optical and photonic components.
Ensure workmanship standards protect optical performance and long-term reliability.
Own supplier KPIs including yield, optical parametric stability, defect PPM, escapes, and on-time delivery.
Drive SPC and process capability improvements on optical processes and materials.
Lead regular supplier quality reviews focused on yield learning and risk reduction.
Define risk-based incoming inspection strategies for photonic devices, passives, and optical subassemblies.
Align control plans and SPC monitoring for optical alignment, attach, and sealing processes.
Define stop-ship and containment criteria for optical excursions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical, Optical, Materials, Mechanical, or related field).
10+ years experience in supplier quality, photonics manufacturing, or advanced packaging quality.
Hands-on experience with optical or photonic manufacturing processes.
Strong background in SPC, root-cause analysis, and CAPA.
Experience with PICs, lasers, modulators, detectors, or co-packaged optics.
Familiarity with Telcordia / JEDEC reliability testing for optical components.
Experience supporting production ramps for high-volume optical products.