Validation 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
The Switch Software Quality Assurance Team is responsible for validating the Marvell switch platform, ensuring functionality, performance, and reliability across multiple SDK and NOS solutions.

Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Testing: Designing, developing, and executing comprehensive test plans covering both hardware and software components of the ASIC.

Protocol & Feature Coverage: Validating networking features across layers L1–L7, including switch software, protocols, and advanced data center use cases.

Automation Development: Building scalable test automation frameworks and in Python and accelerate QA cycles and improve coverage.

Customer Use Cases: Developing and automating tests that replicate real-world customer deployments and cross-switch functionalities.

Collaboration & Support: Working closely with Development, Applications, and Marketing teams to ensure quality deliverables and provide technical support when needed.

Continuous Improvement: Driving innovation in testing methodologies, automation efficiency, and lab utilization to ensure best-in-class product validation.

What You Can Expect

• Develop test strategies for the product features.
• Develop test processes and ensure the processes are followed.
• Be on top of developments in the storage technology and implement state of the art testing techniques and methodologies.
• Develop test cases according to test strategy.
• Review test results and bug reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Execute test cases and document test results in qTest.
• Develop test automation using Python.
• Measure and improve the code coverage through test improvement.
• Report bugs in Jira with thorough documentation, test logs and traces.
• Develop test scripts for testing firmware on simulation platform.
• Understand protocols and firmware design to develop effective test cases.
• Participate in peer code reviews and test plans.
• Collaborate with firmware developers, applications engineers and FAEs in debugging.
• Mentoring and training.

What We're Looking For

• Education & Experience B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 4 to 18 years in QA, validation, or test automation.
• Strong programming experience in Python.
• Switching & Networking Expertise: Hands-on experience with NOS / SDK testing (e.g., low-level drivers, SAI, SONiC).
• Strong understanding of L1–L3 protocols (Ethernet, VLANs, Spanning Tree, Routing, etc.).
• Familiarity with advanced networking features
• Experience validating firmware and software interactions on ASIC-based systems.
• QA & Test Methodologies: Expertise in test methodologies, strategies, and planning.
• Experience with test management systems (test cases, results, defect tracking).
• Proven experience in automation architecture and framework development.
• Ability to design scalable and reusable automated tests in Python.
• Tools & Equipment: Experience with traffic generation and benchmarking tools (Xena, Ixia, Spirent).
• Familiarity with debugging tools and packet analyzers (Wireshark, tcpdump).
• Experience with version control (GitHub), JIRA
• Soft Skills & Collaboration: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication skills for working across engineering, applications, and customer-facing teams.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers.

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
As part of our commitment to fair and authentic hiring practices, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (e.g., transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT, CoPilot, or note-taking bots) during interviews.
Our interviews are designed to assess your personal experience, thought process, and communication skills in real-time. If a candidate uses such tools during an interview, they will be disqualified 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.