Senior Staff Engineer - Validation

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 Technology, Inc. is a data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider. The Company is principally engaged in delivering the data infrastructure technology that connects the world. The Company moves, stores, processes and secures data with semiconductor solutions designed for its customer needs. The Company is engaged in providing high-speed analog and mixed signal semiconductor solutions and optical interconnects for communication infrastructure in long-haul, metro, datacenter for cloud markets.
We address the bandwidth, capacity and power issues faced by cloud computing, mega data center from 10Gig to multi-hundred-Gig ( 100G) network environments. By leveraging our core competencies in advanced analog circuit design, advanced DSP (Digital Signal Processing), advanced packaging and process technologies, the company's products being first to market in many of key areas, including opto-electronics and DSP based transceivers providing most advanced chips and subsystems solutions to address today's and future's multi-100Gig interconnect requirements for the ever-increasing demand of higher data rates.
We are seeking talented individuals to work on solving technical challenges with the most outstanding group of collaborators in the industry. Join our team of experts and make a difference in an exciting career opportunity.

What You Can Expect

Lead and perform IP characterization/validation, lead development of characterization plan and provide pre and post validation activity based on customer/designer requests, act as liaison between AE and validation team, help supporting and managing local lab activities. The position requires a self-driven candidate with very good knowledge on silicon characterization/validation, as well as good communication skills. This position interacts with multiple internal teams such as R&D, Field Engineering, Product Marketing for application & methodology development and support team to benchmark design tools and to develop & maintain our design flow. Complete a full plan of validation activity for the program assigned, drive toward the goal and tutor and lead other validation engineers.

Detailed responsibilities include:

• Validate/characterize the key Analog and DSP based SerDes blocks: PLL, Equalizer, high performance ADC, Serializer, DAC and Driver.
• Define methodology for measurement of IP parameters specified in IP datasheet, helping designers to close any gap between simulation and silicon measurement.
• Working closely with firmware engineers and block designers to optimize control setting for individual IP, calibration sequence and methodology.
• Working with system validation engineers and application engineers to optimize system performance and enhance system robustness.
• Working closely with HW design engineers, proving requirements for signal integrity, board design features to fully support IP characterization and debug.
• Work closely with the development teams to assist in the bring-up phase
• Provide device specific application engineering support to our customers and FAE's. Educate, answer questions, debug issues, and solve problems for customers, architect demo kits.
• Author application collaterals like GUI, application notes, user guides, articles, design ideas, new product proposals, and evaluation kit manuscripts for internal and/or external publication.

What We're Looking For

• BSEE/MSEE or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, 10+ years of experience in silicon validation/characterization, compliance tests, system performance robustness, etc.
• Hands on experience in circuit bring-up, validation and analysis of high-speed with multi-lane multi-standard SERDES (including testing of high-speed ADC, PLL, DAC, Driver).
• Understanding of the key performance parameters of IP and analog/digital blocks and the ability to define and develop and execute test platforms and validation plans.
• Experience with one, or more, of the following protocols such as PCI-Express, 10GBASE-KR/SR/MR/ER/LR, 25-50-100-200GBASEKR/CR, CPRI, CEI-56G.
• Effective communication and presentation skills. Experience of working with an international cross-functional team.
• Experience in software and software control of lab equipment (C++, Perl, Python) highly desirable
• Working knowledge of lab equipment (Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Spectrum Analyzers, BERTs, VNA, etc, automated control of equipment using the GPIB/488 bus) and lab validation techniques.
• Fundamentals of communication, transmission lines, EM, microwave theories
• Attitude to interact with remote team
• Understanding of Signal Integrity (SI) data on communication system performance
• Usage of ADS/Matlab or other simulation tools to model SerDes is a plus
• Experience in electro-optical systems is a plus.
• Experience of analog circuit is a plus

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

• Competitive salary, plus 13th-month salary and performance-based bonus

• RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for new joiners and on-going annually

• Premium health & accident insurance for you and your family (spouse and children)

• Annual medical check-up at a designated hospital arranged by Marvell

• Generous paid leave policies: 15 annual leave days, 3 Recharge periods per year (company-wide off-work from Friday to Monday), 5 paid sick leave days, 3 days of volunteer time-off and 11 public holidays

• Exciting Employee Events: Participate in fun activities throughout the year such as team birthdays, sports tournaments, company trips, mid-autumn, appreciation week, charity, health seminars, year-end party, and more.

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.

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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