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Across enterprise, cloud and AI, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities.\nAt 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.\nYour Team, Your Impact\nMarvell is a leading provider of innovative technologies, including ultra-fast read channels, high-performance processors, leading edge transceivers, highly efficient analog designs, and powerful cryptographic engines. These solutions address all segments of the storage domain providing complete solutions including controllers, product firmware, and reference board designs. Many of the same technologies have been utilized in Marvell system solutions products, powering PCs, servers, cloud, and enterprise systems.What You Can Expect\nArchitect, design and develop system software for reliable, scalable, high performing network and storage systems using Rust.\nDevelop 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.\nDevelop software and troubleshoot issues related to hardware bring-up, multi-threaded software development with virtualized hardware.\nAnalyze 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.\nWork with cross functional hardware/software engineers to understand and solve customer issues.\nPlan, schedule, estimate efforts for projects and provide technical guidance to junior engineers during execution.\nWork on ARM based storage/Networking products, design and develop firmware and software for Storage and networking products.\nWhat We're Looking For\nBachelor or Masters in electrical engineering, computer engineering or similar\nStrong software/firmware engineering background\nExperience developing security and/or storage products\nMinimum 12 years of relevant experience\nExperience with firmware development working closely with SoC development organization\nKnowledge of RUST, C, C++ and embedded firmware tools and techniques\nAbility work in dynamic and fast paced work environment\nAbility to technically lead the development of independent module in a large FW stack.\n Preferred Experience:\nExperience of working on cryptographic and/or security FW protocols, Experience with HSMs and other security domain (TLS, Cryptography) is a plus\nWorking knowledge on cryptographic algorithms (RSA, EC, AES, SHA variants), TLS/SSL protocols\nWorking experience in any of one of the standard API developments : PKCS11, OpenSSL Engine, Root of trust\nExperience of firmware development on NVMe\nUsing FW Simulators for Pre-Si FW development\nAffinity with Agile development\nKnowledge of processor architectures, such as ARM\nExperience with design and support for mass production(edited) \n\nThis role is eligible to participate in Marvell's bonus and equity plans, including a new hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers, ensuring you are rewarded for your contributions and remain invested in the company's long-term success.\nAdditional Compensation and Benefit Elements\nWith competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. 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