Senior Distinguished Engineer, Architecture ASIC / System

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’s Compute and Custom Solutions organization (CCS) is looking for a talented senior architect to join our architecture team. This team is responsible for the overall SoC architecture of standard and customer-specific products for leading-edge datacenter servers, CXL memory expanders, CXL near-memory compute, XPU/ML attach, and OCTEON DPUs for 5G, cloud, carrier, and enterprise datacenter applications.

What You Can Expect

As a Senior Distinguished SoC architect, you’ll be responsible for:

• Engaging with customers, engineering, and marketing to lead chip architecture of innovative and complex processor-based SoCs
• Specifying product requirements, and driving to closure
• Architecting new blocks and capabilities
• Overseeing and coordinating IP evaluation, IP block microarchitecture, pinouts, cost estimates, and power estimates
• Communicating and coordinating with other business units in Marvell on internal IP and sharing capabilities and knowledge
• Presenting trainings to peers, helping develop the team, and mentoring other architects/engineers

What We're Looking For

Required qualifications:

• A degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science, or related fields.
• A minimum of 20 years of experience in system architecture development and related fields
• Demonstrated expertise in SoC architecture, e.g., interconnects, I/O technologies, virtualization, memory hierarchies, clocks, resets, power management, security, etc.
• Demonstrated technical leadership delivering complex silicon solutions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of modern networking protocols
• Experience with heterogenous SoCs and NoC interconnects
• Knowledge of Arm v8/v9 processors, and Arm CHI and AXI interconnects
• Knowledge of RISC-V processors and related systems
• Deep understanding of ASIC design flow including RTL design, verification with SystemVerilog, logic synthesis, place and route, timing closure, etc.
• Ability to present to customers, and collect and analyze customer feedback
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

245,000 - 362,640, $ 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 employees at every stage - from internship to retirement and through life’s most important moments. Our offerings are built around four key pillars: financial well-being, family support, mental and physical health, and recognition. Highlights include an employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back, family support programs to help balance work and home life, robust mental health resources to prioritize emotional well-being, and a recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones. We look forward to sharing more with you during the interview process.

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.

Any applicant who requires a reasonable accommodation during the selection process should contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at TAOps@marvell.com.

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