Senior Staff 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

Marvell is a leading provider of innovative technologies, including ultra-fast read channels, high-performance processors, leading edge transceivers, highly efficient analog designs, and powerful cryptographic engines. These solutions address all segments of the hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) electronics markets, providing complete solutions including controllers, product firmware, and reference board designs. Many of the same technologies have been utilized in Marvell system solutions products, powering PCs, servers, cloud, and enterprise systems.

What You Can Expect

• Design and implement firmware features for high-performance embedded systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Participate in code and test plan reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, validation, and software teams to define and refine firmware requirements.
• Debug and troubleshoot firmware issues using tools such as JTAG, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
•  Contribute to unit and integration testing, ensuring high test coverage and robustness.
• Support bring-up and validation of new hardware platforms and features.
• Document design decisions, APIs, and usage guidelines for internal and external stakeholders.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies, especially in secure firmware and modern programming practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team knowledge sharing
• Drive adoption of modern test automation practices (CI/CD, Git, Jenkins, Ansible)
• Support simulator and tools development as part of a global team
• Plan, schedule, estimate efforts for projects and provide technical guidance to junior engineers during execution.
• Work on ARM based storage/Networking products, design and develop firmware and software for Storage and networking products.

What We're Looking For

• B.S./M.S. (CS/EE) with 8+ years of experience
• 5+ years of programming experience in either C/C++/Rust
• Strong working knowledge of Python
• Experience with Rust or other modern systems programming languages is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with secure firmware architectures such as Caliptra (https://chipsalliance.github.io/caliptra-web/) is a strong plus
• Ability to read and understand large embedded systems codebases
• Experience in test planning, test case development, scripting, execution, and reporting
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Good communication skills in English and Japanese
  Preferred Skills
• Experience in embedded systems
• Knowledge of SSD firmware architecture and NAND technology
• Experience testing NVMe & PCIe protocol-based products
• Experience with protocol analyzers and trace analysis
• Exposure to secure boot, cryptographic primitives, and hardware root of trust concepts
• Familiarity with secure firmware standards such as DICE, SPDM, or TCG specifications.

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
 

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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