Firmware Intern

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

Our Firmware (FW) team develops the embedded intelligence that powers highly integrated, high-performance optical and electrical interconnect solutions. We build advanced component platforms that include high-speed silicon photonics, transmit/receive amplifiers, controller ASICs with Marvell DSPs, and AEC (Active Electrical Cable) solutions for Ethernet and PCIe.
The team is responsible for the complete firmware lifecycle—from early product concept to New Product Introduction (NPI). This includes architecture, design, implementation, verification, validation, and system-level performance testing. Engineers work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure hardware, firmware, and control systems operate seamlessly across a wide range of demanding conditions.
Joining this team means being part of delivering next-generation, high-speed connectivity products that enable the industry's fastest networks and data center systems.

What You Can Expect

• Translate system and product requirements into functional, high‑quality embedded firmware.
• Develop technical documentation including functional specifications, architecture/design documents, and test specifications.
• Design and implement unit‑testing methodologies to ensure code reliability and maintainability.
• Build and execute automated regression testing frameworks for continuous integration and verification.
• Support system‑level testing and debug activities across hardware, firmware, and control loops.
• Collaborate with remote teams and cross‑disciplinary engineers to drive products through the full development lifecycle to NPI.

What We're Looking For

• Be pursuing a degree in electronics engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or related fields

• Have fewer than 5 final exams to graduate or fewer than one year to finish the career.

• Experience with microprocessor architectures—at minimum ARM or RISC‑V.
• Strong understanding of RTOS concepts, including scheduling, memory management, queuing, and interrupt handling.
• Experience developing embedded device drivers for communication protocols such as SPI, I²C, MDIO, and UART.
• Working knowledge of reading and understanding hardware design schematics.
• Proficiency with version control (e.g., Git), build systems (e.g., Make/gmake, IDE environments), and auto‑documenting tools (e.g., Doxygen).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with geographically distributed teams.
• Strong multitasking skills and ability to handle complex technical challenges.
• Excellent English language proficiency.

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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