Firmware Developer (Linux, Security, Crypto, HSM, AI, TPM): Marvell

Marvell is a leader in semiconductor solutions, providing essential building blocks for data infrastructure that connects the world. Their innovative technology drives new possibilities across enterprise, cloud and AI, automotive, and carrier architectures. Marvell offers an environment where individuals can make a significant impact, grow their careers, and contribute to purposeful and enduring innovation.

Your Team, Your Impact (Liquid Security Team)
The Liquid Security Team, part of Marvell's Multi Market Business Group (MBE), specializes in developing high-quality software for Hardware Security Module (HSM) adapters. These adapters are deployed in leading hyperscalers like Microsoft, AWS, and other customer environments. It's an ambitious team within a multi-site, multi-cultural company that fosters continuous learning and growth through challenging products and a high-tech environment. The team is looking for technology-passionate engineers focused on execution and quality to drive innovation and scalable software development.

What You Can Expect (Responsibilities)
Definition and implementation of product improvements, including analyzing and troubleshooting deployment, configuration, and product issues, and proposing/implementing short-term workarounds and fixes.

Functional and technical design of software, developing and validating entire functional components and modules.

Collaboration with the team on product and infrastructure integration, code reviews, and improvement of software development processes.

Collaborate with Support, R&D, and Technical Marketing Engineers to diagnose and troubleshoot escalated customer issues, and orchestrate the development and testing of patches/hot-fixes.

What We're Looking For (Requirements)
Education: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Experience: 5 to 10 years of relevant industry experience.

Cybersecurity & Data Protection: Solid grounding in cybersecurity and data protection, including symmetric/asymmetric cryptography, key management, and secure communication protocols.

Programming & Software Design: Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles. Expert-level programming skills in C/C++, with extensive experience in development and debugging of low-level software.

Linux Expertise: Good understanding of Linux kernel internals, device drivers, and socket programming.

Embedded Systems: Proven experience in embedded systems design and development, ideally in a security-focused context.

Learning & Problem-Solving: Demonstrated curiosity and passion for learning new technologies and solving complex technical challenges.

AI Development Tools: Proficient in using AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Co-Pilot) to enhance productivity, improve code quality, and support AI-assisted testing and automated code generation.

Preferred Skills
Cryptographic System Design: Experience with PKI, certificate management, attestation, and hardware-backed security using TPM or HSM.

Rust Programming: Working experience with Rust programming in production-level environments.

HSM Adapters: Working experience integrating or developing for HSM adapters is a notable benefit.

Secure Boot & OP-TEE: Experience working with Secure Boot and OP-TEE for secure firmware and application execution.

TPM 2.0: Preferred experience with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0, secure boot, and attestation. Knowledge of TPM-backed key management and cryptographic operations is a plus. Exposure to vTPM in virtualized or cloud environments is desirable.

General: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements
Marvell offers competitive compensation and great benefits, promoting a workstyle of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. They are dedicated to providing tools and resources for employee success, growth, and development. Specific benefits include a commitment to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.