Field Application Engineer, Embedded Linux

MediaTek Genio edge AI processors power smart retail kiosks, robots, industrial vision systems and smart building devices. As our Field Application Engineer for the Northeast US and Eastern Canada, you will be the hands-on Linux expert our IoT customers rely on, from first evaluation board to mass production. You will bring up customer hardware on Genio, solve hard integration problems with our engineering teams in Taiwan, and help customers deploy edge AI, video and wireless on our platforms. Your work turns customer designs into shipping products.

What you will do

* Lead technical engagement with Genio customers from evaluation and proof of concept through design-in and mass production.

*Bring up customer boards on Genio: port the BSP, write and adapt device trees, integrate drivers, and build Yocto, Ubuntu or Android images.

*Debug boot, kernel, driver, power and performance issues on customer hardware using serial console, JTAG, logs and lab instruments.

*Review customer schematics and layouts against Genio reference designs to catch problems before they reach hardware.

*Help customers deploy AI models on the Genio NPU and build camera, video and display pipelines.

*Provide first-line support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular integration on Genio designs, and escalate with clear evidence.

*Drive root-cause analysis and corrective action with MediaTek engineering teams in Taiwan and the US.

*Partner with sales and our representative network to win designs: deliver technical presentations, demos, workshops and training.

*Write application notes, debug guides and reference code, and bring customer requirements back to product teams.

Required qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.

* 4+ years of embedded Linux development -based SoCs, in a BSP, platform software or field application role.

* Hands-on Yocto Project / Open Embedded experience: layers, recipes, bbappends, image and SDK builds.

* Linux kernel and BSP skills: device tree, kernel configuration, drivers (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, MIPI), U-Boot or other bootloaders.

* Strong C programming plus Python or shell sd), RF and coexistence debug, FCC/ISED certification.

* integration: LTE/5G modules, RedCap, ModemManager, carrier certification.

* Secure boot, OTA updates (SWUpdate, Mender, RAUC) and A/B partitioning.

* Robotics and industrial: ROS 2, CAN, PREEMPT_RT.

* Prior FAE experience at a semiconductor, SoM or embedded platform company, or experience with other scripting; git and cross-compilation toolchains.

* Systematic debugging with dmesg, gdb, ftrace or perf, and bench tools such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

* Clear written and verbal communication with customers, including root-cause reports that engineers and managers can act on.

* Willingness to travel to customers across the Northeast US and Eastern Canada and occasionally to Asia.

Preferred qualifications

* Ubuntu or Android (AOSP) BSP and system integration.

* Multimedia: GStreamer, V4L2, MIPI CSI camera and ISP, DRM/KMS display, hardware video codecs.

Salary Range: $89,000K- $200,000K

MediaTek is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Employee may be eligible for performance bonus, short and long term incentive programs. Actual total compensation will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience and qualifications. In addition, MediaTek provides a variety of benefits including comprehensive health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays, Paid time off (PTO), Parental leave, 401K and more.

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