Marvell Technology

Senior Principal Software/Firmware Engineer - Optical PHY

Marvell Technology$177K — $266K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate degree in EECS or related technical field(s).
  • 10+ years of experience in embedded design within the wired/optical communications industry.
  • Insight into Protocol/Software/Hardware/Human interactions.
  • Technical leadership experience in Optical PHY products with exposure to Customer Support.
  • Strong firmware engineering background, with working knowledge in digital design; OR vice-versa.
  • Robust communications skills in listening & teaching.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a conduit between architectural innovations and practical implementations.
  • Embed with various product design teams to ensure architectural specifications translate into product features.
  • Create highly-functional software prototypes from high-level architectural specifications.
  • Merge designs into existing product codebases without disrupting operations.
  • Provide documentation and facilitate knowledge transfer to implementation teams.
  • Iterate through strategic engagements to explore new features and integrate them into products.
  • Propagate best practices to design teams across the organization.

Benefits

  • Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back.
  • Family support programs to help balance work and home life.
  • Robust mental health resources for emotional well-being.
  • Recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones.
Full Job Description
Your Team, Your Impact

Marvell is a market leader in Connectivity Semiconductor products (PHYs) that are widely deployed in every major cloud data center and AI cluster. We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to join the Optics & Connectivity Product Architecture team, which is responsible for developing architectural solutions to strategic technical problems, and addressing critical customer requirements both directly and indirectly.

What You Can Expect

In this role, your special mission is to serve as a conduit between architectural innovations and practical implementations, which includes periodically embedding into a variety of product design teams to help turn architectural specifications into actual product features, while feeding in-the-trench intelligence back to ensure that innovation efforts remain down-to-earth.

To be successful, you should be very comfortable in creating highly-functional software prototypes based on high-level architectural specifications, and merging your design into product codebases without disrupting existing operation. You will provide documentation and facilitate knowledge transfer, in order to hand-off further enhancement and maintenance of your design to the implementation team.

In return, as you iterate through such strategic engagements, you will regularly be exposed to novel ideas, working on new features, and integrating into a variety of interesting products. You will accumulate wide-ranging knowledge and play an impactful role in propagating best practices to many design teams.

What We're Looking For

Critical Requirements:
  • Postgraduate degree in EECS or related technical field(s).
  • 10+ years of experience in embedded design within the wired/optical communi
    cations industry.
  • Insight into Protocol/Software/Hardware/Human interactions
  • Technical Leadership experience in Optical PHY products with exposure to Customer Support
  • Strong firmware engineering background, with working knowledge in digital design; OR vice-versa.
  • Robust Communications Skills in Listening & Teaching.


Expected Base Pay Range (USD)
177,820 - 266,400, $ 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
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.

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.

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About Marvell Technology

Marvell Technology is a semiconductor company that designs and develops analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits. The company's product portfolio includes processors, connectivity, storage, and security solutions. Marvell's customers operate in various industries, including data center, enterprise, automotive, industrial, and consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Marvell Technology
Size
6,729 employees
Market Cap
$30.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$277.3 million
Founded
2013
5 Year Trend
+14.2%
Revenue
$2.9 billion
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