Principal or Senior Principal Engineer, Architecture ASIC / System

Marvell•Santa Clara, CA

55d

About The Position

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. Marvell's Compute and Custom Solutions organization (CCS) is looking for a talented senior ASIC architect/engineer to join our architecture team. This team acts as the central technical interface to our datacenter clients. It is responsible for the overall technology choice, silicon partitioning strategy, IP definition and selection and architectural guidance of datacenter products (SmartNIC, servers, AI accelerators and switches, mainly) for the main hyperscalers and companies worldwide. We actively participate in the definition of next generation datacenter products with our clients and respond to their ASIC RFQs. Role spans engagement with both customers and internal technology teams to define the best solution to the custom product needs and includes all functions required to build, test and manufacture an advanced custom silicon System in a Package.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 12+ years of related professional experience. Or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 10+ years of experience. Or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 8-10 years of experience.
A minimum of 8 years of experience in system architecture development or in ASIC architectures or in IP/technology development and related fields
Demonstrated technical leadership delivering complex silicon solutions.
Excellent presence in front of the customer and ability to present complex technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.
100% team player
Proven ability to be a self starter and innovator with a drive to bring an idea to reality
Thrives in dynamic environments and through uncertainty and change
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in periods of high pressure

Nice To Haves

Experience with microarchitecture specifications, SoC architectures, on-die NoCs, networking protocols and/or software engineering are a plus
Experience/knowledge with/of system architectures for datacenter products strongly appreciated
Experience building a custom ASIC from architecture through to post silicon validation a valuable advantage

Responsibilities

Engaging with customers, engineering, and marketing to lead chip architecture of innovative and complex datacenter products
Specifying IP and technology requirements, and working with Central Engineering to drive their development
Identifying the best silicon partitioning, IP selection, packaging technology
Taking on leadership roles for a broad spectrum of tasks needed to prepare solutions to customer problems and asks
Mapping Marvell solutions into highly effective presentations and sharing with customers
Identifying early patterns in the requests for future products and using this insight to help drive technology investment at Marvell and/or with our partners
Overseeing and coordinating IP evaluation, IP block microarchitecture, pinouts, cost estimates, and power estimates
Communicating and coordinating with other business units in Marvell on internal IP and sharing/leveraging capabilities and knowledge
Presenting trainings to peers, helping develop the team, and mentoring other architects/engineers
Continuous self-development and training to keep up with current and next generation data center architectures and requirements.
Representing Marvell at conferences and industry events to help share/promote our brand and capabilities