What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Software Engineer - Optical Telemetry & Data Center Networking / Ethernet switching position at Marvell Technology?
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 Connectivity Firmware Group develops embedded and system‑level firmware and software that enables Marvell’s data center connectivity platforms, with a strong focus on network monitoring, telemetry, and observability. The group delivers firmware components that support real‑time visibility into optical and electrical interconnects across AI and hyperscale data center environments, working closely with hardware, networking, and software platform teams.
The team’s responsibilities span device bring‑up, configuration, telemetry streaming, diagnostics, and health monitoring for Ethernet switches, NICs, retimers, and optical modules. Engineers in the group collaborate across firmware, systems, and user‑facing software to translate low‑level connectivity data into actionable insights used for network reliability, performance analysis, and customer deployments.
What You Can Expect
Network Architecture & Telemetry
What We're Looking For
Education & Experience
132,500 - 196,140, $ 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.
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 Connectivity Firmware Group develops embedded and system‑level firmware and software that enables Marvell’s data center connectivity platforms, with a strong focus on network monitoring, telemetry, and observability. The group delivers firmware components that support real‑time visibility into optical and electrical interconnects across AI and hyperscale data center environments, working closely with hardware, networking, and software platform teams.
The team’s responsibilities span device bring‑up, configuration, telemetry streaming, diagnostics, and health monitoring for Ethernet switches, NICs, retimers, and optical modules. Engineers in the group collaborate across firmware, systems, and user‑facing software to translate low‑level connectivity data into actionable insights used for network reliability, performance analysis, and customer deployments.
What You Can Expect
Network Architecture & Telemetry
- Design network topology discovery and visualization for rack‑ and data‑center‑scale environments
- Architect telemetry collection from switches, NICs, and optical modules
- Correlate L1/L2 telemetry to monitor link health and diagnose failures
- Support scale‑up and scale‑out AI cluster networking
- Model interactions between ToR/spine switches, NICs, optics, and servers
- Monitor Ethernet switching, routing behavior, and link state changes
- Analyze AI/ML traffic patterns and collective communication behavior
- Integrate with customer network management systems and data platforms
- Develop Python tools for telemetry ingestion, processing, and diagnostics
- Build APIs/SDKs for topology management and link monitoring
- Automate network validation, compliance checks, and diagnostics
- Support streaming telemetry integrations
- Work with firmware, hardware, and DevOps teams on telemetry requirements
- Support customer integrations and architecture discussions
- Lead network telemetry architecture decisions
- Act as subject‑matter expert for data center networking
What We're Looking For
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field
- 7 years in network or data center engineering
- Strong knowledge of leaf‑spine, Clos, and fat‑tree architectures
- Solid understanding of Ethernet switching and routing
- Working knowledge of BGP, OSPF, VXLAN, EVPN
- Familiarity with SDN and network virtualization
- Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP, or ACE preferred
- Experience with optical modules (QSFP‑DD, OSFP) and fiber types
- Understanding of optical telemetry (CMIS, SNMP, gNMI)
- Knowledge of FEC, BER, SNR, and optical power metrics
- 5 years of production Python development
- Experience with Netmiko, NAPALM, Scapy, or similar libraries
- REST API development and async programming
- Familiarity with SONiC or other network operating systems
- Knowledge of telemetry protocols (gRPC, NETCONF, RESTCONF)
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Git, and CI/CD
- Hyperscale data center experience
- AI/ML cluster networking expertise
- Knowledge of PAM4, coherent optics, and DSPs
- Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Open‑source networking contributions
132,500 - 196,140, $ 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.