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Senior Staff Application Engineer

31 MSI - (Marvell Semiconductor Inc.) US
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/17/2026
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 Marvell's Optical and Copper Connectivity Business Unit is the industry leading provider of infrastructure solutions to enterprise, data center, service providers, small business, and digital home customers. The Ethernet PHY applications team is a key part of Optical and Copper Connectivity Business Unit that drives key design wins for 1-Gigabit, Multi-Gigabit, 10-Gigabit, up to 400-Gigabit Ethernet PHY products. We are looking for a customer facing passionate, experienced, hands-on engineer to bring us to greater heights. If you are an individual who is confident in his technical abilities and leads by example, we are looking for you. Our Application Engineers expected to have knowledge of SW programming and HW fundamentals as well as the curiosity and persistence to take on interesting and challenging issues on a daily basis. What You Can Expect Review customer schematics and layout. Perform hands-on bring-up and debug of customer boards. Closely follow and check customer technical issues and provide remote or on-site troubleshooting. Support customer lab/field trial, understand customer application environment, and provide insightful advice on customer products. Support firmware and systems engineering team in the collective effort of device and system level testing as requested by customers. Provide technical training to Marvell Sales Engineers, Distributor Field Applications Engineers, and key customers on Marvell PHY products. Work cross functionality with silicon development, system validation, and marketing team to define next generation products and solutions. Develop technical collateral material including application notes, user guide/manual, release notes, white papers, and other technical documents. Articulate technology and product positioning to both business and technical users. Assist sales team through preparation and delivery of technical presentations and statements of work by matching specific client business requirements with effective technical solutions. Create relationships with key decision makers and serve as external technical spokesperson. Drive and assist the sales team to win key designs with Marvell PHYs. What We're Looking For Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 5 years or more of related professional experience. Familiarity with high-speed PCB layout, signal integrity, board assembly, and manufacturing. Experience in using lab equipment including high speed oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic/protocol analyzers, and traffic generators. Strong ability to influence with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to analyze, summarize, and communicate efficiently (written and verbal) in a multicultural environment. Must be professional, detailed, customer-oriented, self-driven and able to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to meet customer needs. Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Knowledge of C/C , API, Python/TCL scripting and automation preferred. Knowledge of complex mixed signal IC, SerDes, high-speed interface protocols and standards are preferred. Pre-sale and marketing experience – Advantage. System/Architecture experience – Advantage. Domestic and international travel to customer sites. 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 TAOps@marvell.com. 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. #LI-NF1 Join our talent community to hear about company news, job openings and events. Join our Talent Community! 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. Recruitment fraud is a well-known way that third parties try to get personal information or to steal money from you. Please review Marvell’s guidance here to learn more on how you can protect yourself.

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