SONIC Principal 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, 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’s Prestera SONiC team mission is to drive next-gen switch silicon features while supporting enterprise customers with existing silicon on SONiC. In today’s fast-moving industry, we learn and develop next-gen enterprise solutions for Marvell Prestera with a strong open-source presence in the SONiC community.

What You Can Expect

• Design new enterprise solutions/protocols in SONiC while integrating existing SONiC features into internal releases
• Contribute new features (or bugfixes) to the SONiC community to keep internal releases closer to upstream SONiC
• Understand industry trends to drive end-to-end solutions in SONiC and in next-gen Marvell Prestera switch silicon
• Help drive OCP SAI specifications to bridge enterprise solution gaps from a SONiC point of view
• Develop unit tests for SONiC features and support the validation team to ensure stable releases

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years of experience designing switch NOS software, with a solid understanding of hardware; familiarity with OCP SAI is a plus
• Demonstrated significant contributions to NOS solutions such as EVPN, SRv6, etc.
• Understanding of memory management, inter-process communication, containers (Docker), and build systems in a typical NOS
• Proficiency in using AI-assisted tools for faster development
• Expertise in C++ and Python

• Preferred / Nice to Have:

• Understanding of how to expose switch silicon features to NOS/SONiC in the best possible manner
• Understanding OCP SAI is preferable

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

With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We’re dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it’s like to work at Marvell, visit our Careers page.

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.

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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