Lead Embedded Software Engineer (Mediatek Platform)

Workplace: On-site, In-Office, 5 days per week Location: Palo Alto, CA

Lead role to drive our infotainment dev kit platform bring up on the Mediatek C-X1 platform. You will own the technical effort from EVK to custom board and serve as the primary interface with Mediatek.

Responsibilities - Lead end-to-end infotainment dev kit platform bring up on Mediatek C-X1 from EVK reference to our custom board - Own SW stack bring-up: bootloader, kernel, BSP, and middleware integration - Serve as primary technical interface with Mediatek for platform enablement and escalations - Drive platform characterization: performance, stability, and thermal profiling - Provide weekly status, risk, and decision documentation to program leadership - Collaborate with architecture , hardware, and software teams on bring-up strategy

Required

Qualifications - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field - 10+ years' embedded SW experience; 5+ years in a staff or lead role - Direct hands-on experience with Mediatek SoC platforms (C-X1, MT8xxx series, or equivalent) - Proven track record leading ECU/SoC bring up programs end-to-end - Strong BSP and kernel bring-up expertise (Linux, U-Boot or equivalent bootloader) - C/C++, Python/Rust; hardware debug tools (Lauterbach, JTAG, oscilloscope) - Excellent cross-team communication; experience working directly with SoC vendors

Preferred

Qualifications - Automotive-grade SoC bring up experience - Familiarity with Mediatek SDK and toolchain - ISO 26262 functional safety awareness - Experience with hypervisor-based platforms

Salary Range - $140,000 - 160,000 - The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience