Sr. Staff Field Applications Engineer (Switching)

Job Title

Sr. Staff Field Applications Engineer (Switching)

Role Summary

As a Sr. Staff Field Applications Engineer on the Field Application Engineering team in Bangalore, you will support customers integrating Marvell Ethernet Switching products across the full product lifecycle — from presales evaluations through design, bring-up, production and post-production. You will act as a technical owner for customer programs, reproduce and debug issues in lab environments, and coordinate with R&D and product management to resolve escalations.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 8–12 years of software development or related engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical customer support, program ownership, and cross-functional escalation to enable customer product launches.

• Provide pre-sales and post-sales technical support to customers integrating Marvell switching products.
• Own customer programs and lead board/software bring-up and debugging efforts.
• Replicate and diagnose customer-reported issues in a lab environment and work with R&D/product teams to resolve them.
• Serve as a regional subject-matter expert on the Ethernet switching portfolio and author technical knowledge-base articles.
• Collaborate with sales to address pre-sales queries and help win design engagements.
• Coordinate with global FAE, R&D, and product management for escalations.
• Travel to customer sites as required.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience, followed by desirable qualifications.

• Must-have: Proficiency in C and C++ and strong debugging skills.
• Must-have: Solid knowledge of computer networking with hands-on experience in L2 switching and routing protocols.
• Must-have: Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with Network OS (NOS), SAI/Sonic, Linux kernel and L1/L2 drivers.
• Nice-to-have: Familiarity with PCIe, TCAM, hash memories, SERDES, high-speed I/O, DMA controllers, MDIO, and I2C.
• Nice-to-have: Knowledge of enterprise, data center, and carrier network infrastructure; prior experience with Marvell switching products.
• Nice-to-have: Previous technical customer-engineering experience.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. The role specifies approximately 8–12 years of software development or equivalent engineering experience.

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.