Computer Engineer for Validation Intern
Posted on 9/16/2025

Marvell
Compensation Overview
$29 - $57/hr
Santa Clara, CA, USA
In Person
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 Optics team builds highly integrated component platforms with high speed Silicon photonics, transmit and receive amplifiers, controllerASIC’s with Marvell DSP’s. These components are made operational with a highly functional embedded firmware. The team is responsible for
design, verification, and validation of these integrated high speed optical components. The team performs system level testing under various
operating conditions, and validates the performance of the hardware, firmware and control loops. An engineer in this team will be involved in a
full product lifecycle and will carry new products from inception all the way to NPI.
What You Can Expect
In this on-site role, you will work under the direction of a mentor and team lead to verify code, verify the test program across a large number of individual parts, and flag any parts giving unexpected results that should be investigated further. You’ll replicate the work on the test bench environment and do a correlation exercise with the design and verification teams to determine a root cause of any unexpected behavior.
This team uses Python, Visual Basic, and C for various aspects of test development as well as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers etc.
You’ll work very closely with members of your own team as well as people from different design groups. You’ll attend different types of meetings. Project or technical meetings occur weekly to discuss details of each project.
What We're Looking For
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a similar field.
- Experience with Digital/Analog circuit fundamentals gathered from Digital communication, Analog circuit design, Algorithm and Programming coursework, research, and projects.
● Software development experience and coding in a general-purpose programming language.
● Be able to read schematics and research different chips on the schematics.
● Be comfortable with Python, C, Visual Basic, and typical bench testing instruments like oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.
● Be able to communicate with teams in other departments efficiently and clearly so that everyone is up to date.
Expected Base Pay Range (USD)
29 - 57, $ per hour.The successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location and market conditions. The expected base pay range for this role may be modified based on market conditions.
Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements
For Internship roles, we are proud to offer the following benefits package during the internship - medical, dental and vision coverage, perks and discount programs, wellness & mental health support including coaching and therapy, paid holidays, paid volunteer days and paid sick time. Additional compensation may be available for intern PhD candidates.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.
Any applicant who requires a reasonable accommodation during the selection process should contact Marvell HR Helpdesk at [email protected].
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.
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