Senior Principal Engineer, Emulation

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

Custom Compute and Storage (CCS) Business Unit closely collaborates with strategic customers in the development of advanced and highly complex SoCs, from architecture and design all the way through layout, packaging, prototype validation and production ramp up. The Emulation Center of Excellence (CoE) team is key part of this group, with global ownership and responsibility for delivering emulation infrastructure, validating the design on emulation and drive left shift of SW and post-silicon readiness for all of CCS products.

As part of the Emulation CoE leadership, you will drive the emulation strategy, vendor platform enablement, testplan execution for a high-quality design tape-out.

What You Can Expect

• As part of a strong technical team of emulation experts, define the emulation strategy and platform requirements, develop emulation testplan, and drive execution of the emulation verification for large CCS products on emulation platform such as Veloce, Zebu and Palladium.
• Work with project lead and various stakeholders to define the emulation HW requirements for CCS products, including platforms, hardware/software collaterals, transactors, speed-bridges etc.
• Work closely with emulation hardware vendor application engineers (AEs) to keep the emulation hardware, software ecosystem updated, drive debug and resolution of issues with the vendor and design team.
• Define and develop new capabilities HW/SW tools to enable acceleration of RTL and improve emulation/FPGA model usability for pre-Silicon and post-Silicon functional validation as well as SW development/validation
• Interface with and provide guidance to pre-silicon Validation teams for optimizing pre-Si validation environments, test suites and methodologies for emulation efficiency
• Develop and apply automation aids, flows and scripts in support of emulation ease of use and improvement of equipment utilization.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields and 17+ years of related professional experience or Master’s degree and/or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 15+ years of experience.
• Substantial knowledge of emulation platforms offerings from various vendors such as Synopsys, Cadence, Seimens including extensive experience in building complex SOC emulation models
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following: Processor architecture, SOC components, SOC inter-connect buses, IO protocols (PCIe, CXL, Ethernet) and memory technologies interfaces (DDR, HBM)
• Strong understanding of product development process of large SOCs and verification/debug experience in emulation platforms.
• Strong experience in coding in scripting languages like Perl, Python, Tcl & UNIX Shell etc


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

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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