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Senior Principal Engineer, Hardware Application Engineering — Board & System Design

Santa Clara, CA, USFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Senior technical authority guiding customer hardware design-in for Marvell's Ethernet Switch and UALink platforms, ensuring next-generation switches and AI fabric systems are performant, manufacturable, and reliable.

Role type

Senior Principal Hardware Application Engineer (Board & System Design)

Builds

Deployable high-speed networking and AI infrastructure platforms for megascale data centers and cloud providers

Domain

Semiconductor hardware, high-speed networking, AI infrastructure

Required skills

high-speed board and system design, PCB stack-up and material selection, power delivery architecture (PDN), thermal design, mechanical integration, signal and power integrity (SI/PI), hardware bring-up and debug, reference design development, customer technical training, SerDes expertise (25G to 224G PAM4)

Preferred skills

Ethernet switch platform experience, open AI fabric standards knowledge, ODM/CM manufacturing flows, advanced cooling strategies (liquid/immersion), EDA tool fluency (Cadence/Mentor)

Technologies

Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, SerDes, Cadence Allegro/Sigrity, Mentor Xpedition/HyperLynx

Responsibilities

Lead design-in reviews of customer schematics and architectures; define and support reference designs for new silicon; guide PCB stack-up strategy and power delivery; advise on thermal and mechanical integration; drive design for reliability and manufacturability; provide technical training to customers and internal teams; lead hardware bring-up and root-cause debug.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence