Design Verification Engineer, Senior Principal

Marvell Technology•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

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 As part of the Design Verification Team at Marvell, you will verify all of the circuitry that goes inside our chips for the general market and for specific customers. These chips use cutting-edge technology to facilitate data transfers at high speeds, and you will help verify that each design meets our customers' specifications whether they're a major telecom organization or automotive company, etc. What You Can Expect Job Responsibilities 1. Technical Authority & Stewardship Serve as the final technical authority for the most complex design and verification decisions. Define and uphold verification architecture, standards, and best practices across multiple programs. 2. Organization‑Level Impact Influence verification methodology and tooling beyond a single project or SoC. Drive reuse, scalability, and consistency across teams and product lines. 3. Strategic & Long‑Term Thinking Anticipate future technical challenges and shape the DV technology roadmap. Balance short‑term execution with long‑term architectural health. 4. Cross‑Functional Leadership Align design, architecture, firmware, and verification teams. Act as a trusted technical arbitrator when tradeoffs or conflicts arise. 5. Risk Ownership & Executive Communication Identify systemic technical risks early and define mitigation strategies. Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership. 6. Mentorship & Bar Raising Mentor senior engineers and principals; develop future technical leaders. Set the technical and behavioral bar for engineering excellence. 7. Talent & Culture Influence Influence hiring decisions, role definitions, and leveling expectations. Reinforce a culture of rigor, openness, and continuous learning. As a leading member of the Network Switching team you will develop the architecture for a functional verification environment, including reference models and bus-functional monitors and drivers and contribute to the methodology behind such development. Your role may also include project management and leading a team of verification engineers on a project level. Activities may include: Writing a verification test plan using random techniques and coverage analysis and working with designers to ensure it is complete. Developing tests and tuning the environment to achieve coverage goals. Debugging failures and working with designers to resolve issues. Verifying boot code and architecting, developing, and maintaining tools to streamline the design of state-of-the-art multi-core SoCs. Transforming the requirements from the engineering teams into software tools that are both easy to use and scalable within a highly parallel compute environment. Unit and regression testing of software tools. What We're Looking For Requirements BS Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science with 10+ years of verification and firmware and software development experience (or MS/PhD with 5+ years experience). Proven track records of leading Design Verification implementation activity. Tape-out of complex SOC under tight schedule. In depth understanding and experience with System Verilog, UVM. In depth experience with writing a detailed test plan and building a sophisticated, directed, random-verification environment. Experience with scripting language such as Python or Perl and EDA Verification tools. Experience with Object-Oriented Design and implementation. Good understanding of Linux O.S. Good programming skills desired, especially C++ and ARM assembly. Understanding of networking protocols, a plus. Other Skills Diligent, detail-oriented, and willing to take initiative and handle assignments with minimal supervision. Requires the ability to accept and work with differing opinions. Cannot be a close-minded developer. Must be able to learn on the fly and work in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

BS Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science with 10+ years of verification and firmware and software development experience (or MS/PhD with 5+ years experience).
Proven track records of leading Design Verification implementation activity.
Tape-out of complex SOC under tight schedule.
In depth understanding and experience with System Verilog, UVM.
In depth experience with writing a detailed test plan and building a sophisticated, directed, random-verification environment.
Experience with scripting language such as Python or Perl and EDA Verification tools.
Experience with Object-Oriented Design and implementation.
Good understanding of Linux O.S.
Good programming skills desired, especially C++ and ARM assembly.
Understanding of networking protocols, a plus.
Diligent, detail-oriented, and willing to take initiative and handle assignments with minimal supervision.
Requires the ability to accept and work with differing opinions.
Cannot be a close-minded developer.
Must be able to learn on the fly and work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Serve as the final technical authority for the most complex design and verification decisions.
Define and uphold verification architecture, standards, and best practices across multiple programs.
Influence verification methodology and tooling beyond a single project or SoC.
Drive reuse, scalability, and consistency across teams and product lines.
Anticipate future technical challenges and shape the DV technology roadmap.
Balance short‑term execution with long‑term architectural health.
Align design, architecture, firmware, and verification teams.
Act as a trusted technical arbitrator when tradeoffs or conflicts arise.
Identify systemic technical risks early and define mitigation strategies.
Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
Mentor senior engineers and principals; develop future technical leaders.
Set the technical and behavioral bar for engineering excellence.
Influence hiring decisions, role definitions, and leveling expectations.
Reinforce a culture of rigor, openness, and continuous learning.
Develop the architecture for a functional verification environment, including reference models and bus-functional monitors and drivers and contribute to the methodology behind such development.
Project management and leading a team of verification engineers on a project level.
Writing a verification test plan using random techniques and coverage analysis and working with designers to ensure it is complete.
Developing tests and tuning the environment to achieve coverage goals.
Debugging failures and working with designers to resolve issues.
Verifying boot code and architecting, developing, and maintaining tools to streamline the design of state-of-the-art multi-core SoCs.
Transforming the requirements from the engineering teams into software tools that are both easy to use and scalable within a highly parallel compute environment.
Unit and regression testing of software tools.