Principal Design Engineer

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

As a Digital IC Design Principal Engineer with Marvell, you’ll be a member of the Central Engineering business group. If you picture Marvell as a wheel, Central Engineering is the center hub providing IP to be used by all the other spokes on that wheel, including Automotive, Storage, Security, and Networking. You’ll be part of a digital team of about eight people making a big impact on this organization, working on ultra-dense and performance Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) memory compilers.
This team hires some of the biggest problem solvers in Silicon and has a huge impact on the work done at Marvell. The customers served by this team are often other chip companies and big tech companies, familiar names to all candidates.

What You Can Expect

As a principal design engineer, you will lead micro-architecture and RTL development and HW/SW co-design efforts, working across multi-functional teams, in developing state-of-the-art designs for the upcoming SoC product roadmap.
Additional responsibilities will include the following, but not be limited to:
• Responsible for micro-architecture design and development of SOC and associated component IP like memory controllers/PCIe interfaces/CXL interfaces, etc.
• Working with Architects and Verification engineers to deliver and develop complex, high-performance, and timing-critical designs through all aspects of the SoC front-end design flow (incl. timing closure and power optimization)

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields and 12-17 years of related professional experience.
• Master’s degree and/or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related fields with 7-12 years of experience.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, processor cores, memory, and peripheral interfaces through hands-on prior experience. Soc integration experience
• Extensive experience in Verilog/VHDL, Spyglass, and quality checks of the implemented RTL for LINT and CDC.
• Hands-on experience in interpretive languages such as Perl/Python.
• Proven track record of delivering production-quality designs on aggressive development schedules.
• Domain expertise in CXL/PCIe protocols and DDR memory controllers is a plus.

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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