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Senior Staff Firmware Engineer

Marvell
Santa Clara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 20 Sept 2025
💰 $186,400/yr($124,420/yr$186,400/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, 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

Marvell: Powering the Future of AI Infrastructure

Marvell delivers breakthrough technologies that enable the world’s leading data infrastructure solutions. Our portfolio spans ultra-fast read channels, high-performance processors, advanced transceivers, efficient analog designs, and robust cryptographic engines. These innovations support a wide range of applications—from HDD and SSD electronics to comprehensive system solutions powering PCs, servers, cloud platforms, and enterprise environments.

For over 30 years, Marvell has been a trusted partner to the world’s top technology companies. We move, store, process, and secure data through semiconductor solutions tailored to meet today’s demands and tomorrow’s ambitions. Built on a foundation of deep customer collaboration and transparency, our approach is reshaping the future of enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures—driving transformation for the better.

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

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and develop firmware for reliable, scalable, high performing SERDES/PCIE IPs using C/C++.

• Develop new features and enhance existing features for AI infrastructure connecting products by designing firmware and algorithms tailored for Marvell mixed signal hardware-based accelerators.

• Develop software and troubleshoot issues related to hardware bring-up, multi-threaded software development with virtualized hardware.

• Work with application engineers (AE), product managers and cross functional hardware/software engineers to investigate and solve customer issues.
• Analyze and investigate methods to enhance firmware performance on Marvell SoC/IP by using existing hardware and simulators and suggest future hardware/software design improvements.
• Plan, schedule, estimate efforts for projects and provide technical guidance to junior engineers during execution.
• Work on MCU based SERDES/PCIe products, design and develop firmware and software for networking and switching products.

What We're Looking For

• BS / MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related fields and 5-10 years of related professional experience with:
o C/C++
o RTOS or Scheduler
o Microcontroller embedded firmware with mixed signal products
o Hardware bring-up on microcontroller with IDE through JTAG, SWD
o SERDES/PCIE protocol familiarity

o Github and Jira familiarity
o Python is a plus

 o Github Copilot is a plus

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

124,420 - 186,400, $ 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 

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 wit

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