Hardware Design Engineer Intern
Posted on 9/10/2025

Marvell
Compensation Overview
$27 - $53/hr
Irvine, CA, USA
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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
Marvell offers a portfolio of coherent DSPs that are critical enablers for efficient transmission over fiber optical networks. Marvell solutions are shipping into top major hyperscale and telecom networks worldwide, providing unmatched leadership in the design, test, and volume manufacturing of high-performance coherent DSPs.What You Can Expect
• Assist Marvell engineers in high-performance hardware/system design of all-optical 400G/800G per lambda coherent DSP reference designs and evaluation platforms including power, control, clocking, high-speed I/O, and form factor.
• Assist Marvell engineers to architect, simulate and test the industry's best signal integrity with bandwidths exceeding 110GHz.
• Assist Marvell engineers to design and simulate for power integrity critical high power coherent DSPs.
• Assist Marvell engineers in collaborating with system, analog, digital, firmware, DFT, FA, validation, applications, etc. teams to define evaluation platform requirements.
• Work with fellow hardware engineer(s) and firmware team for initial board bring-up.
• Perform FA on boards and identify necessary repairs.
• Develop and execute individual board validation plans and generate detailed validation reports.
• Work with external PCB fabrication and assembly houses to ensure manufacturable designs and timely delivery of boards.
What We're Looking For
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or computer engineering with some exposure to high-speed board-level hardware design. Currently pursuing a Master's degree in electrical or computer engineering.
• Experience in power, analog, clocking, FPGA, μProcessor, μController, memory, ethernet, SERDES, or similar disciplines.
• Experience in schematic design and library management using OrCAD CIS/CIP, Altium, or equivalent (preferred).
• Experience in high-frequency signal integrity simulations using Ansys HFSS, Siwave, and ADS or equivalent and measurements using VNA and TDR scopes (preferred).
• Experience in analog and power design using PSPICE or equivalent (preferred).
• Experience working with board manufacturers and layout engineers to define placement, stack-up, design rules, etc. (preferred).
• Experience in bring-up, test, characterization, and failure analysis (FA) of new boards using multi-meters (DMM), oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc. (preferred).
Expected Base Pay Range (USD)
27 - 53, $ 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].
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