Distinguished Engineer, Switch Architect

About Marvell

Marvells 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

What You Can Expect

Why Marvell
Work at the center of AI-driven semiconductor innovation shaping architectures that industry leaders will rely on for the next decade.
Influence standards and ecosystems that define where the industry is goingnot just where it is.
Collaborate with high-caliber engineering peers solving some of the largest-scale data networking challenges on earth.
Thrive in an environment where ideas are explored deeply innovation is rewarded and technical excellence drives impact.

As a Distinguished Engineer you will be one of the most influential technical minds in Marvells switch strategy. You will own major architectural decisions that directly impact how hyperscale operators and AI clusters connect scale and evolve.

Your work will help guide the future direction of Marvell technologydelivering breakthroughs in performance efficiency and scalability that shape entire markets.

What You Can Expect

• Define architecture for Marvells next-generation AI networking switch ASICsdesigned for hyperscale cloud and ML/AI-driven workloads.
• Anticipate and analyze emerging technology trends influencing long-term roadmap and architectural direction.
• Contribute to the development of industry standards includingUltra Ethernetand Ultra Accelerator Link (UAL).
• Create and maintain architectural and performance models to evaluate trade-offs in latency power bandwidth and scalability.
• Collaborate with silicon software systems and product teams to drive holistic architectural alignment.
• Document architecture concepts specifications performance analyses and modeling methodologies.
• Represent Marvell in standards bodies research consortiums and strategic customer discussions.
• Provide architectural mentorship and leadership to engineering teams across the organization.

What Were Looking For

• BS with 15 years MS with 10 years or PhD with 8 yearsin Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field.
• Extensive experience defining and architecting large-scale ASICsand complex networking semiconductor architectures.

Technical Expertise

• Deep architectural understanding of:
  • High-speed interconnects and Ethernet protocols
  • Traffic management architectures and packet processing
  • Scaling networks in AI training and inference fabrics
• Proven hands-on experience with performance modeling simulation and architectural trade-off analysis.
• Proficiency in C/C Python and modeling environments.
• Experience contributing to or leading standards development is highly valued.

Leadership & Influence

• Strong conceptual thinking and architectural innovation capabilities.
• Collaborative leadership style; ability to work across silicon systems software and customer engineering teams.
• Exceptional communication skills; able to convey complex architectural concepts to technical and executive audiences.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and influencing engineering talent and product direction.

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

The successful candidates 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

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 .

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.