System Chip Validation Intern - Petah-Tikva, Israel
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
This role involves validating Marvell's networking SoCs and complex switch designs.
About the role
This role is for a System Chip Validation Intern responsible for validating complex switch designs, ensuring functionality, performance, and reliability across various use cases. The position involves hands-on work with Python scripting, test automation, and traffic generation tools such as Ixia, focusing on networking SoCs.
What you'll do
- Design and implement test plans and validation suites for networking switch features.
- Develop scalable test automation frameworks using Python.
- Execute validation tests, analyze results, investigate and debug hardware, software, and system-level failures, and drive root-cause analysis.
- Interface with Architecture, Design, and Pre-silicon Validation teams.
- Understand end-to-end system scenarios.
What you'll need
- 2nd/3rd year Student for B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with at least 2 years before graduation.
- Hands-on experience in automation development (Python, C++).
- Experience or strong interest in leveraging AI-assisted development tools for test creation, automation, and debugging.
- Well-organized documentation and research process.
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to understand complex systems from a high-level architectural perspective while paying attention to implementation details.
Skills: Chip Validation, post-silicon validation, system-level testing, debug hardware, Python scripting
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 50-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
306
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$170k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Marvell Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (306 roles · 60 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 4 | 306 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 32 | 1977 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 10 d | 50 d (−40 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $170k |
Skills observed across this category: Chip Validation, post-silicon validation, system-level testing, debug hardware, Python scripting
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 46 open roles · median 42 d
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 77 d
- Micron Technology · 24 open roles · median 20 d
- Graphcore · 21 open roles · median 92 d
- NVIDIA · 18 open roles · median 14 d
- Microchip Technology · 15 open roles · median 45 d
How we counted: 306 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 60 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.