Silicon Validation Engineer Junior/Intern

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

The ODSP team within Marvell’s Connectivity Business Group develops advanced products supporting industry leading solutions for the growing datacenter, enterprise, optics, and AI application. As a member of the ODSP validation team, you will have the opportunity to work with multi-disciplinary teams from analog, software, firmware developers and PCB designers to develop hardware platforms, and write device drivers and scripts to full validate leading edge products. You will be involved in complex lab testing, hardware brings up activities and all facets of the prototype process including PCB fab and assembly.

What You Can Expect

You will be supporting validation leaders in defining testing architecture, support the HW EVB needs, validation plans and the development team during debug phase with emphasis on:

• Electrical, functional, and feature validation of physical layer device system level platforms.
• Work closely across functional groups to determine and implement test methodologies.
• Support in validation of hardware blocks (PLL, ADC, DAC, etc.).
• Develop test scripts to assist in customer system debug and issue resolution.
• Support test automation efforts across the product life cycle to improve efficiency.
• Support IC bring-up, debug, characterization, production test development.

Few specific projects focusing in the following areas are available:

• Low-level control board drivers and implementation.
• Perform validation of specific high-frequency analog blocks.
• Design of validation boards companion PCB (control-power).
• Development of validation SW infrastructure components (Data Management/ GUI / Instruments automation).
• Design of high-frequency PCB.

What We're Looking For

• Must be a last-year master's student of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics, or a similar technical field, enrolled at an accredited Italian university, or a recent (graduated in the last 12 months) master's graduate.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related fields.
• Experience in Python, and C/C++ and fond of data analysis
• Familiarity with Analog and Digital design flows is a plus.
• Familiarity with high-bandwidth oscilloscopes and BERTs is a plus.
• Strong written and verbal skills.
• Detailed oriented attitude and curiosity.
• Proficiency in English (both written and verbal).

This role is classified as Impiegato under the Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per i dipendenti di aziende del terziario della distribuzione e dei Servizi. Marvell is committed to equal employment opportunity and workforce inclusion. Applications from qualified candidates with disabilities and individuals belonging to protected categories under Italian Law 68/99 are encouraged to apply. This 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.

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.

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