Sr. 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, automotive, 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 Connectivity Business Unit supports customer designing next gen infrastructure with Marvell's high-speed connectivity portfolio for Data Center and AI application. This role is specifically to support our PCIe interconnect products. Acting as the primary line of defense, PCIe application engineering team review customer designs with Marvell products, provide SW/HW/Systems levels support, and resolve customer reported issues with a direct impact to revenue as part of the Connectivity Business Unit. Applications engineering team works with state-of-the-art process node and technology enabling next-gen AI and datacenter applications that get deployed at major cloud customers.

What You Can Expect

.In this role you will

• Proactively & efficiently support Marvell's PCIe interconnect products.
• Own and drive customer issues to resolution.
• Duplicate customer issue and capture debug information to promptly work with internal teams for a solution.
• Help/train customer to understand Marvell product architecture and features, promote and demo Marvell products functionalities with Sales/FAE and Marketing.
• Act as the interface between the customer and Marvell engineering teams to resolve technical issues.
• Requires collaboration with FAE's and PLM's to gather and communicate customer needs to marketing and engineering.
• Develop technical collateral material including application notes, user guide/manual, release notes, white papers and other technical documents.
• Occasional travel to industry events/customer sites is required.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related fields and 7-10+ years of related professional experience. OR Master's and/or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering in related fields with 5+ years of experience.

• Good understanding of digital signal processing (DSP), mixed signal IC, SerDes, high-speed interface protocols and systems.
• Lab experiences with PAM4 SerDes TX and RX validation is preferred / Good system problem-solving skills & Hands-on lab experiences especially with high-speed BERT and oscilloscope.
• Experiences in PCIe interconnect devices are required including but not limited to PCIe Switch, Bridge, Retimer, Redriver...etc.
• Prior experience as an Application Engineer (or Field Application Engineer) working with customers to resolve customer issues is a strong plus.
• Optical interconnect product experience is a plus.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge in C and/or Python is a plus.

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)
121,400 - 181,800, $ per annum

The successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions. The expected base pay range for this role may be modified based on market conditions.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements
At Marvell, we offer a total compensation package with a base, bonus and equity.Health and financial wellbeing are part of the package. That means flexible time off, 401k, plus a year-end shutdown, floating holidays, paid time off to volunteer. Have a question about our benefits packages - health or financial? Ask your recruiter during the interview process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Any applicant who requires a reasonable accommodation during the selection process should contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at

Interview Integrity

As part of our commitment to fair and authentic hiring practices, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (e.g., transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT, CoPilot, or note-taking bots) during interviews.

Our interviews are designed to assess your personal experience, thought process, and communication skills in real-time. If a candidate uses such tools during an interview, they will be disqualified from the hiring process.

This position may require access to technology and/or software subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information as defined under applicable law. Marvell may be required to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State. Except for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), all applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.

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