Principal Hardware Engineer

Position Overview

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the global data infrastructure, enabling innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. At Marvell, you can affect individual lives, elevate entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. In this role, the Hardware Design Principal Engineer will serve as a key member of the Hardware Design team within the Operations PE/TE organization and will be responsible for developing board-level hardware solutions from early prototype through high-volume production, addressing advanced applications in Fibre Channel networking, network security, and custom ASIC technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and engineering support to strategic customers, including creation and presentation of materials for customer discussions.
• Work directly with customers to address design challenges, debug failures, and ensure successful product integration.
• Architect and design high‑performance board‑level systems for storage, network security, and custom ASIC applications.
• Manage designs with JDM partners to provide design guidance, support build readiness, and ensure production quality.
• Define, design, and review schematics with emphasis on high‑speed signal integrity, power integrity, and cost‑optimized designs for high‑volume production.
• Review PCB layouts in collaboration with layout engineering teams.
• Collaborate with internal board development, DVT, and SI teams to address and resolve board issues.
• Conduct design reviews with clear documentation and provide technical leadership throughout the product development cycle.
• Work with cross‑functional teams to ensure product performance, reliability, and quality.
• Define, document, execute, and report on board‑level electrical tests.
• Facilitate technical discussions and drive resolution of complex engineering issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 15+ years of relevant industry experience, OR a Master's degree with 10+ years of experience.
• 12+ years of experience in board‑level hardware design and system architecture, including fine pitch components and micro-vias.
• 5+ years of experience working with ODM/JDM.
• Proficiency with schematic capture tools (Cadence OrCAD, Allegro HDL) and familiarity with Allegro PCB layout tools.
• Strong expertise in high‑speed interfaces and protocols, including PCIe Gen5+, DDR4/5, Ethernet, QSPI, and USB.
• Demonstrated customer‑facing experience with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven critical‑thinking abilities, strong problem‑solving skills, and a sense of ownership for team and project outcomes.
• Advanced lab skills with hands‑on experience in hardware bring‑up, system‑level testing, power supply design, and troubleshooting.
• Experience working with PCIe, Ethernet, and OCP standards.
• Knowledge of high‑speed SerDes technologies, including 112G/224G.
• Familiarity with EMC/EMI compliance, regulatory and safety standards, and the ability to interpret test lab reports.
• Basic Linux proficiency for system test environment setup (highly preferred).
• Working knowledge of mechanical and thermal design principles, including interpretation of 2D and 3D drawings.
• Experience with Agile PLM tools is considered a plus.

Benefits & Perks

• Benefits: Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back, family support programs, robust mental health resources, and recognition and service awards.