Staff Application Engineer

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's Optical and Copper Connectivity Business Unit is the industry leading provider of infrastructure solutions to enterprise, data center, service providers, small business, and digital home customers. The Ethernet PHY applications team is a key part of Optical and Copper Connectivity Business Unit that drives key design wins for 1-Gigabit, Multi-Gigabit, 10-Gigabit, up to 400-Gigabit Ethernet PHY products.

What You Can Expect

We are looking for a customer facing passionate, experienced, hands-on engineer to bring us to greater heights. If you are an individual who is confident in his technical abilities and leads by example, we are looking for you. Our Application Engineers expected to have knowledge of SW programming and HW fundamentals as well as the curiosity and persistence to take on interesting and challenging issues on a daily basis.

In This Role You Will

• Review customer schematics and layout.
• Perform hands-on bring-up and debug of customer boards.
• Closely follow and check customer technical issues, provide remote or on-site troubleshooting.
• Support customer lab/field trial, develop understanding of customer application environment and provide insightful advice on customer products.
• Drive and assist the sales team to win key designs with Marvell Ethernet PHYs.
• Support engineering team in the collective effort of device and system level testing.
• Provide technical training to Marvell Sales Engineers, Distributor Field Applications Engineers, and key customers on Marvell PHY products.
• Work cross functionally with silicon development, system validation, and marketing team to define next generation of products and solutions.
• Develop technical collateral including application notes, user guide/manual, release notes, white papers, and other technical documents.
• Create relationships with key decision makers and serve as external technical spokesperson.
• Understand customer’s target market, analyze, and prioritize customer design requirements, and provide feedback to the engineering team.
• Provide customer feedback to executive and development teams for integration in functionality roadmap planning.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 3+ years of related professional experience OR Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 2+ years of experience.
• Experience as System or Applications Engineer with High-Speed SerDes/Ethernet PHY products preferred.
• Familiarity with one or more of the following: high-speed PCB layout, signal integrity, board assembly, and manufacturing.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following: complex mixed signal IC, SerDes, high-speed interface protocols and standards are preferred.
• Knowledge of any of the following: C/C++, API, Python/TCL scripting and automation.
• Experience in using lab equipment including high speed oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic/protocol analyzers, and traffic generators.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to analyze, summarize, and communicate efficiently (written and verbal) in a multicultural environment.
• Must be professional, detailed, customer-oriented, self-driven and able to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to meet customer needs.
• Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Travel to customer sites (up to 10%).

Additional Information

Expected Base Pay Range (USD): $111,070 - $166,400, $ per annum

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements: Marvell is committed to providing exceptional, comprehensive benefits that support our employees at every stage - from internship to retirement and through life’s most important moments. Our offerings are built around four key pillars: financial well-being, family support, mental and physical health, and recognition. Highlights include an employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back, family support programs to help balance work and home life, robust mental health resources to prioritize emotional well-being, and a recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones.