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Senior Principal Switch Architect

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
paid time off, flex time, 401(k)
United States, California, Santa Clara
5488 Marvell Lane (Show on map)
Jun 27, 2025

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

Join the Teralynx Switch Architecture team at Marvell Technology-where we define the future of high-performance, energy-efficient, and intelligent switch ASICs for hyperscale data centers. As a Senior Principal Switch Architect, you will be a key technical leader shaping the architecture of Marvell's next-generation data center switches. These switches enable AI/ML infrastructure, cloud computing, and next-gen web services, making a tangible impact on global connectivity and compute.

What You Can Expect

  • As a senior technical leader, you will:

  • Drive the architectural definition and modeling of next-generation Teralynx switch products.

  • Work with multi-disciplinary engineering teams (design, verification, software, system architecture, and product) to define and validate product-level requirements.

Job Responsibilities

Architect high-performance, scalable, and reliable switch ASICs for hyperscale and cloud data center networks.

Develop architectural and performance models to evaluate proposed features and design trade-offs.

Define detailed device-level architecture, including interface specifications, buffer management, forwarding pipelines, and QoS mechanisms.

Evaluate emerging technologies in networking and assess their impact on architecture choices.

Collaborate with hardware and software teams throughout the product lifecycle, from concept through production.

Provide comprehensive documentation and support for internal and customer-facing teams.

Contribute to standardization efforts and represent Marvell in relevant industry forums as needed.

  • Influence key technology decisions, balancing performance, scalability, power, and cost trade-offs.

  • Interact with customers, standards bodies, and internal stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment with industry and market needs.

What We're Looking For

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 12+ years of relevant experience
    - OR - Master's degree with 8+ years, - OR - Ph.D. with 6+ years
  • Proven experience in switch ASIC architecture, with strong understanding of packet processing, buffer management, scheduling, and high-speed interconnects.
  • Proficiency in C/C++, Python, and architecture/performance modeling tools.
  • Demonstrated ability to make complex architectural trade-offs involving performance, power, area, and cost.
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to convey complex technical ideas to diverse audiences.
  • Experience collaborating across geographies and functional domains.

Expected Base Pay Range (USD)

177,380 - 265,700, $ 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.

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.

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 TAOps@marvell.com.

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