Firmware Engineer

About This Role

This engineering role involves designing, developing, and maintaining embedded firmware for next-generation platform solutions, supporting board, switch, and optics development. The Firmware Engineer will drive execution across complex, cross-functional programs addressing challenges in AI, wired and wireless communications, and critical infrastructure markets. This position partners closely with hardware design, ASIC, signal/power integrity, and validation teams to ensure robust, secure, and production-ready firmware across the full platform lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

Benefits

• Participation in Marvell's bonus and equity plans, including a new hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers
• Exceptional, comprehensive benefits that support employees at every stage
• Employee stock purchase plan with a 2-year look back
• Family support programs
• Robust mental health resources
• Recognition and service awards

Important Details

• 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.

Application Process

• 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. Use of AI tools without prior instruction from the interviewer will result in disqualification from the hiring process.

About the Company

Marvell's semiconductor solutions are essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. The company's innovative technology enables new possibilities across enterprise, cloud and AI, and carrier architectures.