Staff Engineer, Application Engineering

Marvell Technology • Santa Clara, CA

1d • $156,000 - $158,000

About The Position

Marvell’s Optical DSP (ODSP) Applications Engineering team supports customers designing datacenter systems with Marvell optical digital signal processors. The team reviews customer designs and helps integrate ODSP products into customer platforms, providing software, hardware, and systems-level support. It resolves customer-reported issues that can directly affect revenue and supports next-generation AI and datacenter applications deployed at major cloud customers.

The Staff Engineer supports Optical PHY products, including CDR, retimer, and PAM devices. The role provides technical expertise, debugs analog and digital issues, develops automated software tests, and produces product documentation. It also works with customers and internal teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues involving analog, system hardware, firmware, and application software.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in Python and C programming languages.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in analog electronics, including operational amplifiers and drivers.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in mixed-signal IC circuit design, including DACs, ADCs, and PLLs.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in the design and verification of advanced digital circuits.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in digital signal processing, including specialty in filter design.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in signal integrity concepts.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in machine learning applications.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in advanced field-effect devices and semiconductor device physics.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in real-time embedded systems.
• Work or internship experience, or completed graduate coursework or research, in on-chip hardware security.
• Applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information under applicable law; some applicants may be subject to an export license review process.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and expertise for Optical PHY products, including CDR, retimer, and PAM products.
• Debug analog and digital issues related to Marvell’s Optical PHY product portfolio.
• Develop automated software test routines to validate Optical PHY products.
• Write and maintain data sheets, application notes, technical articles, and usage guides for Optical PHY products.
• Collaborate with sales teams, Failure Analysis Engineers, and Product Lifecycle Managers to gather customer needs and communicate them to marketing and engineering.
• Train and guide customers in product usage.
• Own and drive customer issues to resolution, serving as an interface between customers and the company.
• Respond promptly to customer questions and troubleshoot and debug customer issues.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in bonus and equity plans, including a new-hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Collaborative, transparent, and inclusive work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior