Senior Staff Manager (L1, L2, L3 Testing, NOS/SDK testing, Python Automation)

About Marvell

Marvell's semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, 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 Switch Software Quality Assurance Team is responsible for validating the Marvell switch platform, ensuring functionality, performance, and reliability across multiple SDK and NOS solutions.Key Responsibilities:End-to-End Testing: Designing, developing, and executing comprehensive test plans covering both hardware and software components of the ASIC.Protocol & Feature Coverage: Validating networking features across layers L1-L7, including switch software, protocols, and advanced data center use cases.Automation Development: Building scalable test automation frameworks and in Python and accelerate QA cycles and improve coverage.Customer Use Cases: Developing and automating tests that replicate real-world customer deployments and cross-switch functionalities.Collaboration & Support: Working closely with Development, Applications, and Marketing teams to ensure quality deliverables and provide technical support when needed.Continuous Improvement: Driving innovation in testing methodologies, automation efficiency, and lab utilization to ensure best-in-class product validation.

What You Can Expect

• Develop test strategies for the product features.

• Develop test processes and ensure the processes are followed.

• Be on top of developments in the storage technology and implement state of the art testing techniques and methodologies.

• Develop test cases according to test strategy.

• Review test results and bug reports for accuracy and completeness.

• Execute test cases and document test results in qTest.

• Develop test automation using Python.

• Measure and improve the code coverage through test improvement.

• Report bugs in Jira with thorough documentation, test logs and traces.

• Develop test scripts for testing firmware on simulation platform.

• Understand protocols and firmware design to develop effective test cases.

• Participate in peer code reviews and test plans.

• Collaborate with firmware developers, applications engineers and FAEs in debugging.

• Mentoring and training.

What We're Looking For

Technical Expertise - Switching and Networking

• Strong understanding of switch Layers (L1-L4) networking

• Experience with Ethernet switching architectures, packet forwarding, and network ASIC pipelines.

Software and Test Frameworks

• Proficiency in Python for test automation (Pytest, Robot Framework, etc.).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub CI, or similar) and test automation integration.

• Familiarity with traffic generation tools (IXIA, Spirent, TRex, Scapy).

• Knowledge of Linux environments, shell scripting, and low-level debugging.

• Experience with source control (Git) and issue tracking systems (Jira, etc.).

• Experience with switch SDKs (low-level deriver)

• SAI (Switch Abstraction Interface) - advantage

• Exposure to hardware abstraction layers and SDK-to-driver interactions.

QA and Testing Skills

• Proven experience in test strategy, test plan design, and coverage analysis for SDK-level or embedded systems.

• Expertise in functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.

• Familiarity with SDK API validation, packet verification, and traffic-based test automation.

• Understanding of release qualification processes for network devices.

• Ability to define and track quality metrics (e.g., defect density, coverage, pass rate trends).

• Experience leading or managing QA teams (5-10 engineers ideally).

• Ability to mentor engineers, define priorities, and align with development and release goals.

• Skilled at balancing manual and automated testing efforts.

• Strong cross-functional communication with development, validation, and release teams.

• Experience recruiting, onboarding, and evaluating QA engineers.

• Capable of setting clear KPIs and goals for team members.

• Good project management skills - task tracking, sprint planning, risk management.

Strategic & Process-Oriented Skills

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

• Ability to define and improve QA processes and standards.

• Experience integrating QA into CI/CD workflows and continuous quality monitoring.

• Understanding of test coverage analysis tools and defect trend analysis.

• Capability to collaborate with SDK architects to understand feature impacts and plan validation accordingly.

Soft Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication - able to document test plans, results, and strategy clearly.

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting mindset.

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and proactive in problem-solving.

• Comfortable working in cross-site / multi-timezone teams.

Advantage

• Experience with SAI/SONiC

• Understanding of network operating systems (e.g., SONiC, Cumulus, or similar).

• Familiarity with hardware validation labs and testbed management.

• Exposure to hardware bring-up, firmware, or bootloader testing.

• Prior experience working in semiconductor or network equipment vendors.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We're dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it's like to work at Marvell, visit our page.

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.

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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