Lead Embedded Software Engineer (Mediatek Platform)
About The Position
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. This is a 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.
Requirements
- 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
Nice To Haves
- Automotive-grade SoC bring up experience
- Familiarity with Mediatek SDK and toolchain
- ISO 26262 functional safety awareness
- Experience with hypervisor-based platforms
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
Benefits
- Mentorship
- Career growth opportunities
- Comprehensive benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
