Senior Staff Digital Design Engineer - Irvine, CA, United States
Originally posted 1 July 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 21 October 2026.
About the role
As a Digital IC Design Senior Staff Engineer at Marvell Technology, you will be a member of the Connectivity business group focused on data center and AI infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Develop RTL designs using Verilog/SystemVerilog for digital IP blocks and subsystems. - Translate architectural specifications into clean, synthesizable RTL. - Perform linting, CDC, and low-power design checks. - Analyze timing, area, and power tradeoffs during design implementation. - Support synthesis and work with physical design teams on timing closure issues. - Debug functional issues discovered during simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, or silicon bring-up.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields with 5-10+ years of related professional experience, or a Master’s degree and/or PhD with 3+ years of experience. - Experience independently analyzing and optimizing sub-circuit blocks across Process, Voltage, Temperature. - Proven track record as the responsible engineer for at least one major sub-circuit block from architecture definition to fine tuning. - Experience in root cause investigation and silicon validation of model to hardware correlation issues. - Experience mentoring and coaching new or less experienced team members.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of communication and DSP algorithms. - Verification experience with preference in UVM.
This role has been open 135 days — well above the 63-day median for Digital/RTL Design roles.
Digital/RTL Design · RTL Design
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Open roles in category
1078
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Median days open
63 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Marvell Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (1078 roles · 103 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 1078 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 37 | 3322 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 35 d | 63 d (−28 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 157 open roles · median 59 d
- Synopsys · 88 open roles · median 36 d
- AMD · 76 open roles · median 41 d
- Analog Devices · 49 open roles · median 52 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 42 open roles · median 91 d
- NVIDIA · 40 open roles · median 63 d
How we counted: 1078 open Digital/RTL Design (RTL Design) roles from 103 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.