Firmware Engineer

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 is seeking a talented Firmware Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team, supporting board, switch, and optics development for next-generation platform solutions. This role drives execution across highly complex, cross-functional programs addressing some of the most demanding challenges in AI, wired and wireless communications, and critical infrastructure markets.
This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining embedded firmware that brings up and controls board, switch, and optics hardware, including bootloaders, device drivers, and platform management firmware. You will partner closely with hardware design, ASIC, signal/power integrity, and validation teams to ensure firmware is robust, secure, and production-ready across the full platform lifecycle.
You will operate in a highly visible technical environment, providing firmware architecture expertise, hardware bring-up support, and low-level debug leadership while engaging with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure platform designs meet performance, quality, and schedule objectives.

What You Can Expect

• Design, develop, and maintain embedded firmware, boot software, and device drivers for high-speed silicon, memory, interconnect, and power/thermal subsystems across networking platform hardware
• Partner with hardware and silicon teams during early hardware bring-up, debugging prototype systems and firmware interactions
• Develop and maintain platform management controller firmware and remote monitoring and control interfaces
• Implement control-plane logic and low-level link establishment routines between optical modules and host processing interfaces to ensure reliable, repeatable high-speed connectivity
• Design low-level communication interfaces for pluggable modules and board controllers, and implement firmware memory architecture, access controls, and firmware-updatable power sequencing
• Design and implement secure firmware update mechanisms - including signed images, verified boot, and remote management APIs - with recovery and independent updatability across platform firmware components, meeting industry security assurance standards
• Develop embedded telemetry firmware to collect high-frequency system metrics and stream data to host memory with minimal impact on performance, delivered through standard software upgrade mechanisms
• Build automated firmware build, test, and release infrastructure, and support manufacturing test integration with production-ready images
• Work closely with hardware, silicon, validation, and systems software teams to define firmware requirements and interfaces, and deliver supporting technical documentation
• Proactively identify firmware and platform integration risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues as needed to drive resolution

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 10-15 years of related professional experience; Master's degree and/or PhD in a related technical field with 5-10 years of experience
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ for embedded firmware and low-level driver development, along with scripting skills in Python or Bash for automation
• Experience developing low-level boot and platform initialization firmware for embedded systems
• Solid understanding of high-speed system architecture, signal interfaces, and peripheral communication protocols
• Experience with platform management controller firmware and remote system management interfaces
• Hands-on experience with embedded operating systems, low-level drivers, and memory-mapped hardware interfaces
• Hands-on experience with lab-based debug equipment to isolate firmware and hardware interaction issues
• Experience with networking silicon platforms from major industry vendors is a plus
• Experience with continuous integration (CI/CD) pipelines and automated firmware test infrastructure
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debug skills, with an inherent sense of urgency and accountability

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

166,520 - 249,500, $ 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.

This role is eligible to participate in Marvell's bonus and equity plans, including a new hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers, ensuring you are rewarded for your contributions and remain invested in the company's long-term success.

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 .

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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