Senior Principal Applications Engineering - Network Validation

About Marvell

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, automotive, 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

The existing and upcoming megatrends of cloud services, video streaming, and AI/ML among others, are driving the relentless demand for higher bandwidth, lower power and smaller footprint. Marvell offers a field proven solution for high-speed optical interconnects and transceivers that are utilized for a wide array of enterprise, carrier, small medium business, industrial and cloud data center applications.

What You Can Expect

In this role, you will:

• Customer Support: Proactively and efficiently support Marvell's Optical PAM4 DSP products, acting as the primary technical interface between customers and Marvell's engineering teams to resolve technical issues
• Issue Resolution: Own and drive customer issues to resolution, collaborating with Field Application Engineers (FAEs) and Product Line Managers (PLMs) to gather and communicate customer needs to marketing and engineering teams
• Design Collaboration: Review customer designs utilizing Marvell ODSP products, providing guidance to ensure optimal integration and performance within their platforms.​
• Feature Evaluation: Evaluate hardware and software features from DSPs and develop implementation plans for qualification and testing.​
• Test Plan Development: Collaborate with vendors and manufacturers to define and develop test plans for Optical Modules and PHY chips, ensuring compliance with industry standards and performance expectations.​
• Automation and Qualification: Automate optical test plans and qualify optical modules from various vendors with different switches, enhancing efficiency and reliability in validation processes

What We're Looking For

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields with 15+ years of related professional experience; OR Master’s degree with 10+ years of experience; OR PhD with 8+ years of experience.​
• Technical Expertise:
  • Good understanding of digital signal processing (DSP), analog circuits, and system hardware
  • Lab experience with PAM4 SerDes TX and RX validation is preferred.​
  • Hands-on experience in network environments, with a minimum of 2+ years.​
  • Experience with transceivers and familiarity with IEEE standards, with at least 1+ year of experience.​
  • Proficiency in networking protocols and technologies, with a minimum of 1+ year of experience.​
  • Experience in developing test scripts for validation and characterization, with at least 1+ year of experience.​
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex technical information to diverse audiences.​
• Programming Skills: Knowledge in C and/or Python is a plus.​
• Additional Requirements: Occasional travel is required (approximately 5%, both domestic and international).​

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

164,650 - 246,700, $ per annum

The successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions. The expected base pay range for this role may be modified based on market conditions.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements 

At Marvell, we offer a total compensation package with a base, bonus and equity.Health and financial wellbeing are part of the package. That means flexible time off, 401k, plus a year-end shutdown, floating holidays, paid time off to volunteer. Have a question about our benefits packages - health or financial? Ask your recruiter during the interview process.

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.

Any applicant who requires a reasonable accommodation during the selection process should contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at [email protected].

Interview Integrity
 

As part of our commitment to fair and authentic hiring practices, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (e.g., transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT, CoPilot, or note-taking bots) during interviews.
 
Our interviews are designed to assess your personal experience, thought process, and communication skills in real-time. If a candidate uses such tools during an interview, they will be disqualified 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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