Senior Staff Engineer, Firmware Development

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

What You Can Expect

• Architect, design and develop system software for reliable, scalable, high performing network and storage systems using Rust.
• Develop new features and enhance existing features for Data-plane/Fast-path software Toolkits by designing data structures and algorithms tailored for Marvell MIPS/ARM based CPU, coprocessors and hardware-based accelerators.
• Develop software and troubleshoot issues related to hardware bring-up, multi-threaded software development with virtualized hardware.
• Analyze and investigate methods to enhance software performance on Marvell SoC by eliminating bottle-necks using existing hardware and simulators and suggest future hardware/software design improvements.
• Work with cross functional hardware/software engineers to understand and solve customer issues.
• Plan, schedule, estimate efforts for projects and provide technical guidance to junior engineers during execution.
• Work on ARM based storage/Networking products, design and develop firmware and software for Storage and networking products.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor or Masters in electrical engineering, computer engineering or similar
• Strong software/firmware engineering background
• Experience developing security and/or storage products
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience
• Experience with firmware development working closely with SoC development organization
• Knowledge of RUST, C, C++ and embedded firmware tools and techniques
• Ability work in dynamic and fast paced work environment
• Ability to technically lead the development of independent module in a large FW stack.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience of working on cryptographic and/or security FW protocols, Experience with HSMs and other security domain (TLS, Cryptography) is a plus
• Working knowledge on cryptographic algorithms (RSA, EC, AES, SHA variants), TLS/SSL protocols
• Working experience in any of one of the standard API developments : PKCS11, OpenSSL Engine, Root of trust
• Experience of firmware development on NVMe
• Using FW Simulators for Pre-Si FW development
• Affinity with Agile development
• Knowledge of processor architectures, such as ARM
• Experience with design and support for mass production(edited)

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We’re dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it’s like to work at Marvell, visit our Careers page.

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.

Interview Integrity

To support fair and authentic hiring practices, candidates are not permitted to use AI tools (such as transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT or Copilot, or automated note-taking bots) during interviews.

These tools must not be used to record, assist with, or enhance responses in any way. Our interviews are designed to evaluate your individual experience, thought process, and communication skills in real time. Use of AI tools without prior instruction from the interviewer will result in disqualification 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.