Android Platform Senior Staff Engineer

Job Description

1. Own key components within the platform & OS - envisioning, designing, creating, building, and supporting.
2. Solve problems which are not clearly defined and have a large degree of ambiguity while translating our organizational vision into functional plans that guide execution.
3. Support our developers and be the go-to-person for questions, and anticipate developers' needs.
4. Mentor and grow developers by cultivating curiosity and deep technical understanding.
5. Analyze customer, internal requirements and specifications and translate into software designs.
6. Develop and Implement NDK and other middleware for Android devices. Integrate low level device drivers in BSP layer with Android’s NDK layer and providing APIs to upper layer applications for controlling the peripherals.
7. Board Bring up , unit test driver and optimize Driver performance.
8. Troubleshoot and resolve pre and post-production issues.
9. Analyze and root cause Kernel Crash.
10. Interface with key internal partners such as (Application Team) and External vendors (chipmaker) as part of the technical cross-functional team delivering final products.
11. Upgrade Android OS - Relocation package is provided for overseas candidates.

Basic Requirements

1. At least Bachelor Degree in Computer Engineering/Telecommunications/Electronic/Computer Science.
2. At least 8+ years of Android Embedded Development Experience.
3. Extensive experience programming in C and C++.
4. Deep understanding of Android Architecture.
5. Experience in bring up at least 4 custom boards with Qualcomm Chipsets.
6. Experience with ARM/ARM64 architecture , compilers, firmware, Operating systems, Linux kernel, filesystems / storage, device drivers, performance tuning, networking, tools, tests, virtualization, platform libraries, etc.
7. Experience in I2C, MIPI, SPI, USB, GPIO, UART, LPDDR, GPIO, Display, Touch, Backlight.
8. Experience in PBL, XBL, ABL etc.
9. Familiarity with Hardware Documentation such as schematic and layout drawing and communication protocols.
10. Experience with CTS/GTS : Google Mobile Services (GMS) Test Suite and Google Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) certification and issue debugging.
11. Relevant experience in embedded Android audio framework /Audio Manager/Audio drivers/Audio Policy, Audioflinger is a plus.
12. Experience with LTE Architecture and LTE Certification is a plus.
13. Experience in working with small to medium development teams using Agile methodology.
14. Experience in advising and introducing new technologies to maximize development efficiency.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan