Senior Engineer - Firmware Engineer
Santa Clara, CAFull-time$111–166K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
Marvell’s Teralynx switching products support cloud and AI markets, and the IFCS SDK provides a customer interface for those products. The engineer will contribute to SDK development across the software lifecycle, from requirements and design through implementation, testing, and maintenance. The role also involves solving complex technical problems and collaborating with teams across multiple sites.
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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
The Teralynx series of switching products are key to Marvell’s cloud and AI market. IFCS SDK provides an interface for customer for Teralynx products. It is one of the critical components of the Teralynx products. With growing number of roadmap products and customers, we are looking for talented and motivated engineers for SDK development team. What You Can Expect Roles and Responsibilities:
- Contribute to all phases of software development from requirement gathering through architect/design, implementation, UT/Functional testing and maintaining multiple software components.
- Create innovative solutions for complex technical problems.
- Collaborate with teams across various sites.
What We're Looking For We are looking for technology passionate engineers with focus on execution and quality to help innovate and develop highly scalable and distributed embedded network software. Required Experience and Skills:
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Bachelor’s in computer science/ECE/MCA with 5+ years of experience or Masters in CS/ECE with 3+ years of experience.
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Experience in SDK development in Switching/Routing ASIC is a big plus
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Hands on experience on switch/router embedded system software development
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Extensive experience in programming languages such as C/C++/Python
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Experience in Linux kernel, SERDES, board bring up etc. is big plus
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Willingness to learn and work effectively in a collaborative team environment
Expected Base Pay Range (USD) 111,070 - 166,400, $ 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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How this job compares
Set against the 776 open Firmware Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$111–166K/yr
- California median$168–241K/yr258 salary ranges
- US median$150–230K/yr566 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $139K, is 33% below the California median midpoint ($206K) — in the lowest quarter of Firmware Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 336 open Firmware Engineer jobs in California and 776 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Firmware Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (643 postings).
- Education
- 360 of the 776 open Firmware Engineer jobs (46%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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