Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) – Photonics & Optical Packaging

Job title: Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) – Photonics & Optical Packaging

About the Role The Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) – Photonics & Optical Packaging is responsible for supplier quality, reliability, and change control for photonic devices and advanced optical packaging technologies, including PICs, lasers, modulators, detectors, fiber attach, and co-packaged optics. This role ensures supplier readiness, prevents quality escapes, and supports reliable production ramp and sustaining for high-performance optical interconnect products.

What You'll Do

• 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.
• Lead supplier-related failure analysis for optical, electrical, and packaging failures in partnership with internal and external FA labs.
• Drive root cause using optical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical analysis techniques.
• Ensure timely and effective CAPA closure with verified effectiveness.
• Manage supplier PCNs and process changes impacting photonic devices, materials, or optical packaging flows.
• Assess risk and define re-qualification and reliability testing requirements for changes.
• Minimize production and customer impact from supplier-driven changes.

What We're Looking For

• 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.

Nice to Have

• 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.

Compensation & Benefits 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.