System Application Engineer – Customer System Engineering

MediaTek; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 116,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health insurance

Life and disability insurance

401K

Paid time off (PTO)

Parental leave

Job summary

MediaTek is looking for a System Application Engineer / FAE to support customer system bring‑up, validation, and debugging across hardware, firmware, and SDK layers. The ideal candidate will have 1–5 years of experience in system validation, a basic understanding of system hardware interaction, and familiarity with high‑speed interfaces. The role involves assisting with validation and debugging, collecting lab data, and collaborating with customers and internal teams. The salary range is $116,000 - $203,000 annually, with various benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of experience in system validation, hardware bring‑up, or technical customer support.
• Basic understanding of system hardware and firmware interaction.
• Familiarity with high‑speed interfaces and protocols such as PCIe, SerDes, I2C, and JTAG.
• Experience working with firmware or SDKs for system configuration, debug, or validation.
• Hands‑on experience with lab equipment.

Responsibilities

• Support customer system bring‑up, including hardware, firmware, and SDK integration.
• Assist with system validation, lab testing, and post‑silicon characterization.
• Collect and analyze lab data to evaluate system robustness and operating margins.
• Perform basic HSIO testing (signal integrity checks, eye diagrams, BER).
• Help debug customer issues across HW/FW/SDK boundaries.

Skills

System validation

Technical customer support

Communication skills

Lab equipment use (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers)

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Overview

Our ASIC engineering team focuses on silicon design, bring‑up, and validation, ensuring reliable integration of high‑speed interfaces and close collaboration with firmware, system, and customers to enable successful product deployment. We are seeking a System Application Engineer / FAE to support customer system bring‑up, validation, and issue debugging across hardware, firmware, and SDK layers. This role works closely with customers and internal teams to validate system hardware and PCB functionality, integrate FW/SDK, and ensure reliable operation across interfaces such as HBM, PCIe, SerDes, and UCIe.

Key Responsibilities

• Support customer system bring‑up, including hardware, firmware, and SDK integration.
• Assist with system validation, lab testing, and post‑silicon characterization.
• Collect and analyze lab data to evaluate system robustness and operating margins.
• Perform basic HSIO testing (signal integrity checks, eye diagrams, BER).
• Help debug customer issues across HW/FW/SDK boundaries and support root‑cause analysis.
• Work with firmware teams to validate features, configurations, and system behavior.
• Document issues and validation results clearly and concisely.
• Collaborate with design, firmware, validation, and marketing teams to support customers.

Main Requirements and Qualifications

• Required Qualifications
• 1–5 years of experience in system validation, hardware bring‑up, or technical customer support.
• Basic understanding of system hardware and firmware interaction.
• Familiarity with high‑speed interfaces and protocols such as PCIe, SerDes, I2C, and JTAG.
• Experience working with firmware or SDKs for system configuration, debug, or validation.
• Hands‑on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies).
• Good communication skills and ability to work directly with customers.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Exposure to HBM, UCIe, or other high‑speed memory/interconnect technologies.
• Basic knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity.
• Experience debugging issues involving drivers, firmware, or SDK APIs.
• Scripting or data analysis experience (Python, MATLAB).
• Prior experience in a System Application Engineer or FAE role.

Salary range: $116,000 - $203,000 annually.

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.

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.