Principal System Validation 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 System Validation 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 developing and executing system and rack-level validation plans across electrical, thermal, functional, and performance domains, ensuring board, switch, and optics components perform reliably as integrated platform solutions. You will partner closely with hardware design, signal/power integrity, firmware, and systems engineering teams to translate platform requirements into robust validation methodologies and test coverage.

You will operate in a highly visible technical environment, providing validation expertise, bring-up support, and lab-based characterization while engaging with cross-functional engineering teams and customers to ensure platform designs meet performance, quality, and schedule objectives.

What You Can Expect

- Lead system and rack-level validation planning for platform solutions spanning board, switch, and optics
- Define validation requirements and test methodologies, translating platform architecture and customer needs into comprehensive test coverage
- Drive execution of electrical, thermal, functional, and performance validation across switch systems, boards, and rack-scale infrastructure
- Own validation tradeoff decisions across hardware, software, mechanical, thermal, and operational domains
- Collaborate with hardware design, signal/power integrity, firmware, and systems engineering teams to ensure validation coverage aligns with system-level design intent
- Develop and execute comprehensive board, system, and rack-level validation plans and test procedures
- Partner with ODMs, contract manufacturers, and suppliers to ensure validation processes meet manufacturability and production readiness requirements
- Support hyperscale, cloud, and enterprise customer engagements with validation data, design reviews, and technical escalations
- Develop and maintain validation documentation, including test plans, characterization reports, and pass/fail criteria
- Proactively identify validation and integration risks across the platform stack, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues as needed to drive resolution
- Define validation scope, requirements, and risk assessments up front to guide testing and reduce security, data integrity, and operational risks
- Qualify systems through installation, operational, and performance testing (IQ/OQ/PQ) to confirm they are installed correctly, function as specified, and perform reliably under real-world conditions
- Maintain requirements traceability, audit trails, and change/deviation records throughout the system lifecycle, and produce final validation reports

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 Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 5-10 years of experience
- Experience with microprocessor, interconnect, memory, networking, and storage architectures relevant to platform-level system validation
- Strong understanding of system and rack-level architecture, including scale-up and scale-out fabric design, interconnect, and data center power/thermal constraints
- Experience validating switch, board, and optics components integrated into rack-scale solutions and reference platforms
- Familiarity with high-speed interfaces including Ethernet, PCIe, and other advanced interconnect technologies
- Ability to define system validation requirements and translate platform architecture into test plans and design tradeoffs
- Experience with programming/scripting languages such as Python or C for test automation, data analysis, and validation tooling
- Hands-on experience with system-level validation methodologies, including electrical, thermal, functional, and performance characterization
- Experience collaborating with ODMs, contract manufacturers, and cross-functional engineering teams to ensure design manufacturability and integration readiness
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work successfully across cross-functional teams

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)
150,680 - 225,700, $ 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 [email protected] .

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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