Senior Staff Firmware Engineer - Santa Clara, CA, United States
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves the design and development of SERDES/D2D firmware for reliable, scalable, high-performing network systems. You will contribute to solutions for hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) electronics markets, including controllers and product firmware.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the design and development of SERDES/D2D firmware.
- Develop new features and enhance existing features for Marvell MCU coprocessors and hardware-based accelerators.
- Develop software and troubleshoot issues related to hardware bring-up and multi-threaded software development with virtualized hardware.
- Analyze and investigate methods to enhance software performance on Marvell SoC using existing hardware and simulators.
- Work with system validation and cross-functional hardware/software engineers to understand and solve customer issues.
- Design and develop firmware and software for networking products.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields and 3-5 years of professional experience; or Master’s/PhD with 2-3 years of experience.
- Experience with Networking systems.
- Proficiency in Embedded C/C++.
- Experience with Linux Kernel Driver Development.
- Experience with MCU Firmware.
- Experience with Hardware bring-up on MCU, JTAG, and GPIO.
- Familiarity with Ethernet protocol.
Nice to have
- Programming experience with Python or Assembly.
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 56-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
706
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Median days open
56 d
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Median salary
$175k
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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 (706 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 20 | 706 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 37 | 5845 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 108 d | 56 d (+52 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $175k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 116 open roles · median 63 d
- Micron Technology · 60 open roles · median 75 d
- NVIDIA · 60 open roles · median 45 d
- AMD · 50 open roles · median 27 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 47 open roles · median 9 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 34 open roles · median 68 d
How we counted: 706 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.