Principal Application Engineer

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

• Support internal or external teams on system level debugging.

• Analyze bring up debug and characterize silicon level Marvells internal IPs such as High-Speed SerDes for various Marvell products.

• Evaluate and debug new features in PHY develop driver firmware collect performance data and resolve application and production issues including Ethernet and PCIe products.

• Provide direct technical support to top tier customers and work with them to review designs discuss questions and help tune performance to meet system requirement.

• Develop and execute bench level validation test plans develop script in Python VBA MATLAB to automate testing.

• Generate appropriate test report and write application notes.

• Provide technical support to customers for resolving all technical issues and for furnishing collateral documentation related to technical matters.

• Act as a primary technical interface between the company and customers.

• Qualify design activity at the customer engineering level and participate in the definition of new products and the identification of niche areas that present new opportunities for Marvell.

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related fields and 10 years of related professional experience. OR Masters degree and/or PhD in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5 years of experience.

• Expertise in C software code Code review and debug (log adding) fixing code preparing patch fixes.

• Strong fundamentals of communication transmission lines EM microwave theories.

• Test Script generation in Python VBA MATLAB SAI/SONiC or other language.

• Debugging using equipment like Oscilloscope (Keysight Tektronix Teledyne Lecroy) TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer Tektronix) VNA (Vector Network Analyzer Agilent) Logic Analyzer (Tektronix Agilent).

• Prior experience creating and performing validation test cases and generating reports including the gathered data and target results.

• Prior experience interacting with remote teams.

• Willing to travel (5-10% domestic and international)

• English both oral and written commmunication skills

• Bench analysis using equipment like BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester Keysight Anritsu) or AWG (Arbitrary Waveform Generator Tektronix) is a plus.

• Prior experience performing 5G 10G 25G NRZ and 53G PAM-4 Transmitter Compliance test measurements using IEEE Compliant HCB (Host Compliance Board) test fixture is a plus.

• Prior experience performing electrical compliance testing for PCIE Gen4/5 using PCI-SIG Compliance boards is a plus.

• Experience and knowledge on high-speed SerDes Printed Circuit Board design and system application is a plus.

• Prior working experience as an Application Engineering supporting Tier1 Customers is a plus

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.