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Director, SOC Design

Marvell
Santa Clara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Jul 2026
💰 $292,400/yr($195,180/yr$292,400/yr)

About the role

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

Custom Compute and Storage (CCS) Business Unit closely collaborates with strategic customers in the development of advanced and highly complex System-on-Chip (SOCs), from architecture and design all the way through layout, packaging, prototype validation and production ramp up. The SOC Design team is a critical part of this group, responsible for building the most complex SOCs, integrating both internal and external IPs and driving a high quality design tape-out for the CCS products.

As part of SOC Design leadership, you will play a key role in building complex multi-chiplet SOCs for CCS product portfolio.

What You Can Expect

  • Lead and mentor a strong SOC design team across multiple geographies

  • Work closely with various stakeholders to architect and design high quality SOC designs

  • Lead the SOC design team by being hands-on with RTL coding, IP integration flows and drive quality and methodology improvements

  • Define, track and drive project execution timelines and milestones working closely with various stakeholders and program management for successful product execution

  • Define the system architecture, micro-architecture and register specification for highly complex SoCs and participate in specification writeup

  • Work with the physical design teams, providing guidance and support in floorplanning, power analysis, synthesis and timing signoff through reviews and design changes

  • Work with the verification team on pre-silicon verification tasks such as reviewing the verification test plans, coverage analysis, full-chip simulation and emulation, performance and power analysis and debug

  • Work with third party vendors to define customization requirements of third party IPs (controller, PHY, etc.)

  • Conduct detailed performance, architectural and design requirement reviews with cross-functional teams, IP Vendors and customers

  • Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 10-15 years of related professional experience or Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5-10 years of experience or equivalent professional experience in lieu of a formal degree

  • 10+ years of experience in design engineering with focus on SOC design, integration and verification

  • Proven track record of managing technical teams and leading cross-functional teams across multiple geographies

  • Extensive and deep knowledge of SOC design components and interconnects, including clock, reset, design-for-test and design-for-debug features, IP integration and boot and security requirements

  • Hands on experience with RTL Coding and methodologies, IP integration flows, design quality tools

  • Working knowledge in one or more of the following: Processor architecture, IO protocols (PCIe, CXL, Ethernet) and memory technologies interfaces (DDR, HBM)

  • Cross domain knowledge to resolve SOC issues with design, DFT, Synthesis, Physical design, STA team

  • Strong experience in coding in scripting languages like Perl, Python, Tcl & UNIX Shell etc.

  • Strong understanding of product development cycle of large SOCs through multiple successful product tape-outs

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

195,180 - 292,400, $ 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 

Marvell is committed to providing exceptional, comprehensive benefits that support our empl

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