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# Sr. Staff/Principal Engineer - System Software

- **Company:** Mediatek Inc
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $179,760 - $286,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Android Software Development, Computing Platforms, Booting (BIOS), C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Issue Tracking Systems, Python (Programming Language), PCI Express, Performance Tuning, Shell Script, Software Engineering, System on a Chip, System Software, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Extensible Firmware Interface, Information Technology, Power Analysis (Cryptography)
- **Published:** November 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/7_5DD636CB93E61B0A8C058247B0CB4170

## About the Role

Main Requirements and QualificationsMinimum Qualifications* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields* 10+ year of C/C++ programming experience* 10+ years of System-on-Chip (SoC) system software development experience* Operating system (Windows, Android, Aluminium) related driver experience* Strong knowledge of common peripheral buses (I2C/SPI/UART/GPIO, USB, PCIe, SDIO and so on)* Proactive and positive attitude to solve challenging and complicated problems* Multitasking: Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.Preferred Qualifications* Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields* Python, Java, and shell script programming language* Working knowledge of SoC architecture and operating system including task scheduling, memory hierarchy, MMU, interrupt handling and booting sequence* Demonstrated system software development experience and hands-on abilities including system performance optimization
and system issue analysis* Experience in modern PC industry, bootloader (UEFI), Windows driver and Windows debugging* Perform power analysis and optimization for MediaTek SoC platforms used in Compute products.
Measure/Optimize power consumption for HoBL use cases while balancing performance, power efficiency, and thermal management.
Identify power hotspots and collaborate with driver and low-power teams to implement and validate optimization solutions.* The ideal candidate should be a fast learner, self-motivated, resilient under pressure, and capable of providing on-site technical support to customers.Salary Range: $179,760- $286,000Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs.

## Description

We work with the brands you know and trust to make great technology accessible to everyone.We are seeking a talented and motivated Compute Platform Engineer to join our dynamic customer engineering team.
In this role, you will be responsible for supporting one of our Tier 1 co-engineering partners through the pre- and post-silicon phases all the way through commercialization.
This involves board bring up, reproducing/debugging issues, and other related customer support activities.* Bring up new platform boards and verify the major functions independently* Regular software release and multiple branch conflict resolving* Customer Issue Tracking & Coordination: Track customer issues and coordinate with customer and internal support teams to drive timely resolution.
Hand-on issue analyzing, triaging, and debugging to solve system issues/requests.* Issue Replication & Testing: Replicate and test reported issues to support root-cause analysis.