Lead Embedded Software Engineer (Mediatek Platform)

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><p><strong>Workplace:</strong> On-site, In-Office, 5 days per week<br><strong>Location:</strong> Palo Alto, CA</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Lead end-to-end infotainment dev kit platform bring up on Mediatek C-X1 from EVK reference to our custom board<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Own SW stack bring-up: bootloader, kernel, BSP, and middleware integration<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Serve as primary technical interface with Mediatek for platform enablement and escalations<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Drive platform characterization: performance, stability, and thermal profiling<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Provide weekly status, risk, and decision documentation to program leadership<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Collaborate with architecture , hardware, and software teams on bring-up strategy</p> <p><strong>Required Qualifications&nbsp;</strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • 10+ years' embedded SW experience; 5+ years in a staff or lead role<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Direct hands-on experience with Mediatek SoC platforms (C-X1, MT8xxx series, or equivalent)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Proven track record leading ECU/SoC bring up programs end-to-end<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Strong BSP and kernel bring-up expertise (Linux, U-Boot or equivalent bootloader)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • C/C++, Python/Rust; hardware debug tools (Lauterbach, JTAG, oscilloscope)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; • Excellent cross-team communication; experience working directly with SoC vendors</p> <p><st