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…