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Senior Staff Application Engineer

Marvell Technology and Careers
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/23/2026
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
Marvell is committed to providing exceptional, comprehensive benefits that support our employees at every stage - from internship to retirement and through life’s most important moments. Our offerings are built around four key pillars: financial well-being, family support, mental and physical health, and recognition. Highlights include an 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, and a recognition and service awards to celebrate contributions and milestones. We look forward to sharing more with you 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
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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