Silicon Validation Manager

Marvell•Santa Clara, CA

5d•$136,620 - $204,700

About The Position

As a Silicon Validation Manager at Marvell, you’ll be helping to deliver high bandwidth devices within the rack. The team you manage performs Silicon validation on leading edge switch devices. Products use advanced Si technology nodes and advanced packaging, delivering the highest performance products in the datacenter market. You will have complete responsibility for management of PHY and functional Validation in post-silicon environment. Defining, documenting, executing, and reporting the overall validation/test plan for Marvell switch devices. Lab-based silicon bring-up and unit test execution focused on PCIe Physical and PCS layer hardware and firmware functionality, while also extending to the protocol layer of the PCIe stack. Perform high speed signal validation and analysis using various test equipment to measure Eye diagram/Jitter/BER. Analyze and debug issues on PHY protocol of storage interface (PCIe, UALink, Ethernet). Troubleshoot failing tests with diagnostics, software tools, hardware analyzers, oscilloscopes, meters, logic/protocol analyzers. Leading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution on technical issues. Work with cross-functional teams and external vendors to debug any post-silicon and/or customer issues related to PCIe PHY. Work closely with Si design engineering, SW engineering, and customers to address design issues and debug failure cases.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 7+ years of related professional experience OR Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5+ years of experience.
3+ years managerial experience in Silicon Validation.
Strong understanding of high-speed SERDES, equalization technique and PCIe, UALink and Ethernet protocols.
5+ years’ experience with High Speed IO testing, debugging and validation
Strong lab skills with hands on experience, in system bring up, system testing and debug.
In-depth working knowledge of test equipment used for SERDES characterization (Scope, BERT, Network analyzer, etc.).
Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of PCIe interface and characterization.
Working knowledge and experience on Ethernet and/or UALink is a definite plus.
Extensive knowledge of the physical and protocol levels (PIPE I/F, PCS, MAC) of one or more common high-speed interfaces is an asset.
Working knowledge of board design; able to read board schematics and board layout.
Knowledge in SERDES modeling techniques
Working experience with Python.

Responsibilities

Complete responsibility for management of PHY and functional Validation in post-silicon environment.
Defining, documenting, executing, and reporting the overall validation/test plan for Marvell switch devices
Lab-based silicon bring-up and unit test execution focused on PCIe Physical and PCS layer hardware and firmware functionality, while also extending to the protocol layer of the PCIe stack.
Perform high speed signal validation and analysis using various test equipment to measure Eye diagram/Jitter/BER.
Analyze and debug issues on PHY protocol of storage interface (PCIe, UALink, Ethernet)
Troubleshoot failing tests with diagnostics, software tools, hardware analyzers, oscilloscopes, meters, logic/protocol analyzers.
Leading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution on technical issues.
Work with cross-functional teams and external vendors to debug any post-silicon and/or customer issues related to PCIe PHY.
Work closely with Si design engineering, SW engineering, and customers to address design issues and debug failure cases.