Principal Engineer, Hardware & Silicon 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, 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 principal 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.
Storage Marvell is a leading provider of innovative storage 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) Fiber Channel (FC) and solid‐state drive (SSD) electronics markets.
Many of the same technologies have been utilized in Marvell storage system solutions products, powering PCs, servers, cloud, and enterprise systems.

What You Can Expect

Design and develop validation test plans. Perform validation and testing of Marvell’s SSD controllers for DDR protocol, power, and electrical characterization. Define the memory subsystem validation plan and validation methodologies for Physical layer IP that supports DDR4 and DDR5 memory protocol technology. Plan and drive validation readiness and validation execution including debug of issues uncovered during validation cycle. Evaluate board design requirements, board schematics for correctness. Work closely with internal IP designers, engineers, and related product development teams to validate and test next-generation SSD controllers. Provide the appropriate electrical characterization, develop further test plans, define test methodologies, develop applicable firmware for testing, and characterize the controller.  Define evaluation board design requirements and the schematics of the board and interface directly with the customers. Wage $180,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year.

What We're Looking For

Master’s or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering, or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

Experience must include three (3) years with each of the following:

•    Electrical Validation and Functional Validation.
•    Pre-Si verification and Power characterization.
•    System-on-chip high speed memory interface debug.
•    Device under test evaluation board debug.
•    Test Data Statistical Analysis and Representation.
•    Programming Languages: Python, C/C++.
•    Oscilloscope, Power analyzer, Power supply.
•    Digital Multimeter, Protocol Analyzer, Temperature Controller.

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.

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