Staff Engineer • Custom Solutions Engineering - SoC

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 Hardware and Silicon Validation Staff Engineer at Marvell, you’ll be helping to deliver high bandwidth over long distances. This team performs analog validations on amplifiers that drive optical electronic devices and receivers. We also validate silicon photonics, do upper electronic measurements and support the coherent digital signal programming unit. This is a niche area at Marvell, working with cutting edge technologies used by many internal and external customers around the world.

What You Can Expect

• Design and develop firmware to validate various IPs, including security IPs (e.g., Caliptra), DMA, and boot sequences.

• Develop comprehensive SoC validation plans encompassing functional, performance, and compliance testing.

• Execute validation at both SoC and subsystem levels for multiprocessor architectures.

• Validate and debug multiple SoC interfaces, including SAS, SATA, UFS, USB, DDR, SPI, I2C, and UART.

• Develop and enhance firmware, test code, and Linux drivers to support validation activities.

• Perform SoC bring-up, boot validation, and end-to-end system verification.

• Develop validation test suites and automation frameworks using C, C++, Python, and Rust.

• Debug issues across hardware, firmware, operating system, and driver layers, and drive resolution.

• Collaborate closely with design, firmware, board, and design verification (DV) teams.

• Utilize lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and logic analyzers for validation and debugging.

• Ensure protocol compliance and generate detailed validation reports.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Software, Computer or Electrical Engineering, and at least 3-5 years professional experience and/or Master's degree in Software, Computer or Electrical Engineering, and at least 2-3 years professional experience, in following domains – Pre-Si Validation, Post-Si Validation, Stress & PVT testing.

• Excellent C/C++ SW development skills, a good understanding of embedded SW development, Linux and basic knowledge of ARM/RISC micro-processor or SOC architecture.

• Working knowledge of SAS, SATA, Security IP, Caliptra, USB, is a plus.

• Experience with embedded SW development and proven debug abilities and skills.

• Prior experience with security IP validation is considered an added advantage.

• Familiar with typical lab tools: Emulators, Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers

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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