Senior Staff Physical Design 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, automotive, 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

Built on decades of expertise and execution, Marvell’s custom Processor/ASIC solution offers a differentiated approach with a best-in-class portfolio of data infrastructure intellectual property (IP) and a wide array of flexible business models. In this unique role, you’ll have the opportunity to work on both the physical design and methodology for future designs of our next-generation, high-performance processor chips in a leading-edge CMOS process technology, targeted at server, 5G/6G, automotive, and networking applications.

What You Can Expect

In this hybrid role based in Santa Clara, CA, you will work with a global team on both the physical design of complex chips as well as the methodology to enable an efficient and robust design process. You will be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and supporting Marvell's Place and Route Flow, leveraging industry-standard EDA tools.

• Your tasks will include performing synthesis, place and route, as well as timing analysis and closure on multiple intermediate and complex logic blocks.
• You will play a crucial role in developing and implementing timing and logic ECOs, collaborating closely with the RTL design team to drive modifications that address congestion and timing issues.
• Collaboration with the front-end team will be crucial to ensure successful tapeouts.
• Additionally, your involvement with the global timing team will include debugging and resolving any block-level timing issues encountered at the partition level.
• This position provides an exciting platform to engage with diverse engineering challenges within a collaborative and innovative environment at Marvell.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s OR a Master's Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields and have 6+ years of related professional experience in physical design, preferably top-level implementation, with a proven track record of successful tape-outs. In your coursework, you must have completed a digital logic course and projects that involved circuit design, testing, and timing analysis.
• Good understanding of standard RTL to GDS flows and methodology, experience in designing ICs at advanced technology nodes (e.g., 7nm, 5nm, or below) is highly desirable.
• Good scripting skills in languages such as Perl, tcl, and Python
• Good object-oriented programming skills
• Good understanding of digital logic and computer architecture
• Knowledge of Verilog/VHDL
• Good communication skills and self-discipline contributing in a team environment
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with industry-standard physical design tools and methodologies, including synthesis, floor planning, placement, clock tree synthesis, routing, and physical verification.

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

121,840 - 182,500, $ 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.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements 

At Marvell, we offer a total compensation package with a base, bonus and equity.Health and financial wellbeing are part of the package. That means flexible time off, 401k, plus a year-end shutdown, floating holidays, paid time off to volunteer. Have a question about our benefits packages - health or financial? Ask your recruiter during the interview process.

This role is eligible for our hybrid work model in which you will be able to split time between working from home and on-site in a Marvell office.

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].

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