Senior Staff Engineer - Design Verification- SerDes/PHY/AMS

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

Central Engineering AMS IP delivers high quality analog and mixed signal IP and verification for Marvell’s advanced IPs, SoCs and platforms. The team provides scalable, reusable solutions across high speed interfaces (SerDes, DDR, D2D, PCIe, Ethernet PHY components) and advanced process nodes (5nm, 3nm, 2nm), enabling first time right silicon, reduced integration risk, and faster time to market through strong design verification convergence and system level validation.

What You Can Expect

• Drive end‑to‑end verification ownership for complex SerDes / AMS / mixed‑signal IPs across advanced nodes (5nm, 3nm, 2nm).

• Lead verification of high‑speed interfaces including SerDes, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, D2D, PAM4/PAM2‑based designs.

• Define and execute verification plans covering calibration, link training, power modes, analog‑digital interaction, and firmware‑driven flows.

• Debug and resolve complex issues spanning RTL, AMS models, firmware, VIPs, and system‑level behaviors.

• Drive coverage closure, regression stability, and sign‑off readiness with high quality standards.

• Own or co‑own Gate‑Level Simulation (GLS), power‑aware verification, CDC/RDC validation, and timing‑aware checks.

• Collaborate closely with Design, Architecture, Firmware, and Silicon teams to ensure early alignment and risk mitigation.

• Contribute to verification infrastructure, checkers, automation, and reusable frameworks.

• Mentor junior engineers and act as a technical role model within the team.

• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and quality, including use of automation or AI‑assisted verification tools.

What We're Looking For

The Senior Staff Engineer is a highly experienced hands‑on technical contributor who drives complex verification and AMS bring‑up efforts while influencing verification strategy and execution quality across projects. This role combines deep domain expertise, strong ownership, and cross‑team collaboration, with growing responsibility for technical direction and mentoring.
 

Required Technical Qualifications

• 8–12 years of hands‑on experience in verification and/or AMS systems.

• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog, UVM, and modern verification methodologies.

• Deep understanding of:

    • SerDes / PHY architectures

    • AMS and mixed‑signal verification

    • Calibration and link training flows

    • Register models and firmware interaction

• Experience integrating and using industry VIPs (Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens/Mentor, Avery).

• Proven ability to debug difficult issues across multiple abstraction layers.

• Solid understanding of system‑level behavior and trade‑offs, not just block‑level execution.

Leadership & Behavioral Expectations

• Demonstrates strong technical ownership and reliability.

• Leads by example through hands‑on execution and disciplined problem solving.

• Communicates technical issues clearly to diverse stakeholders.

• Makes sound decisions under ambiguity with a quality‑first mindset.

• Actively supports team growth through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

• Begins to influence technical direction and best practices beyond individual tasks.

Nice‑to‑Have / Differentiators

• Experience across multiple technology nodes and IP generations.

• Contributions to verification methodology improvements or reusable infrastructure.

• Exposure to post‑silicon debug and correlation.

• Participation in internal tech forums, papers, or conferences (DVCon, VLSI‑D, internal reviews).

Success Criteria

• Consistently delivers complex verification areas with high quality and minimal rework.

• Reduces integration and silicon risk through proactive technical engagement.

• Becomes a go‑to technical expert within the domain.

• Scales impact by enabling others, not just individual execution.

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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