Marvell Technology · 1 day ago
Principal Application Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$143K/yr - $214K/yr
5+ years expMarvell Technology is a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for data infrastructure. The Principal Application Engineer will support internal and external teams on system-level debugging, analyze silicon-level IPs, and provide technical support to customers while developing validation test plans and automating testing processes.
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Responsibilities
Support internal or external teams on system level debugging
Analyze bring up, debug and characterize silicon level Marvell’s internal IPs such as High-Speed SerDes for various Marvell products
Evaluate and debug new features in PHY, develop driver firmware, collect performance data, and resolve application and production issues including Ethernet and PCIe products
Provide direct technical support to top tier customers and work with them to review designs, discuss questions and help tune performance to meet system requirement
Develop and execute bench level validation test plans, develop script in Python, VBA, MATLAB to automate testing
Generate appropriate test report and write application notes
Provide technical support to customers for resolving all technical issues and for furnishing collateral documentation related to technical matters
Act as a primary technical interface between the company and customers
Qualify design activity at the customer engineering level and participate in the definition of new products and the identification of niche areas that present new opportunities for Marvell
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 10+ 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
Expertise in C software code, Code review and debug (log adding), fixing code, preparing patch fixes
Strong fundamentals of communication, transmission lines, EM, microwave theories
Test Script generation in Python, VBA, MATLAB, SAI/SONiC, or other language
Debugging using equipment like Oscilloscope (Keysight, Tektronix, Teledyne Lecroy), TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer, Tektronix), VNA (Vector Network Analyzer, Agilent), Logic Analyzer (Tektronix, Agilent)
Prior experience creating and performing validation test cases and generating reports including the gathered data and target results
Prior experience interacting with remote teams
Willing to travel (5-10% domestic and international)
English both oral and written communication skills
Preferred
Bench analysis using equipment like BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester, Keysight, Anritsu) or AWG (Arbitrary Waveform Generator, Tektronix) is a plus
Prior experience performing 5G, 10G, 25G NRZ and 53G PAM-4 Transmitter Compliance test measurements using IEEE Compliant HCB (Host Compliance Board) test fixture is a plus
Prior experience performing electrical compliance testing for PCIE Gen4/5 using PCI-SIG Compliance boards is a plus
Experience and knowledge on high-speed SerDes Printed Circuit Board design and system application is a plus
Prior working experience as an Application Engineering supporting Tier1 Customers is a plus
Benefits
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
Recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones
Company
Marvell Technology
We believe that infrastructure powers progress. That execution is as essential as innovation. That better collaboration builds better technology.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2017-01-20Post Ipo Equity
2016-05-13Post Ipo Equity
2015-02-05Acquired
Leadership Team
Matthew Murphy
Chairman and CEO
Radha Nagarajan
SVP & CTO, Optical Engineering
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