Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Android

Unity; Brighton; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock options

Pension plans

Generous vacation and personal days

Parental leave

Commuting subsidy

Job summary

Unity is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Android, to own Unity’s runtime on Android in the car. You’ll work at the intersection of a high-performance 3D engine and production embedded systems, delivering into vehicles with AAOS, embedded Linux, and QNX platforms.

You’ll collaborate with automotive OEMs, optimize for constrained hardware, and help shape the next generation of Unity-powered digital cockpits and HMIs.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in C/C++/C# and multithreaded Linux/Android systems.
• Hands-on Android/AOSP development across app and platform layers (HALs, build system)
• Working knowledge of Vulkan and OpenGL ES and Android graphics stack for real‑time UI rendering
• Profiling and optimization on resource-constrained hardware using profiling tools
• Strong business-level English for customer collaboration

Responsibilities

• Bring Unity’s real-time 3D runtime to Android in the vehicle and extend platform support across Android/AOSP, AAOS, embedded Linux and QNX.
• Integrate Unity into native Android apps (Unity as a Library & Unity Render Service) and build the graphics/windowing layer for multi-screen HMIs.
• Profile and optimize runtime performance, memory, startup/load time on automotive SoCs across platforms.
• Partner directly with automotive OEMs as a technical point of contact, investigate issues, remove bottlenecks, ensure production readiness.
• Set engineering standards through design discussions, code reviews, and automated testing.

Skills

C/C++/C#

Android/AOSP

Embedded Linux

RTOS/QNX

Multithreading

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Unity Engine

OpenGL ES

Vulkan

IL2CPP

Android NDK

Job description

The opportunity

Real-time 3D is moving off the desktop and onto every screen in the vehicle: instrument clusters, infotainment, and full digital cockpits that millions of drivers interact with every day. Unity’s Embedded OS team is how that happens: we bring Unity’s runtime to the platforms cars actually run on: Android and Android Automotive OS (AAOS), embedded Linux, and QNX. So the world’s leading automotive brands can ship stunning, responsive HMIs built in Unity. As our Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Android, you’ll own how Unity runs on Android in the car, working at the intersection of a high-performance 3D engine and production embedded systems.

What success looks like

In your first 3-6 months: you’ve ramped on our Android/AOSP platform stack, shipped your first integrations and bug fixes, and become a trusted contributor in customer-facing investigations.

Within 12 months: you own a meaningful area of the Android platform, from AAOS integration and the graphics/windowing pipeline to performance on constrained automotive SoCs, you influence its architecture, and you act as a technical point of contact for an OEM program.

Your impact

You’ll be part of a small, senior team with outsized leverage: the code you write ships in production vehicles, and your work directly unblocks Unity’s automotive business and the OEM partnerships that depend on it. You’ll set the technical bar for embedded Android across the team and help shape how Unity supports the next generation of software-defined vehicles.

Why you’ll love it

Genuinely hard problems at the frontier of real-time 3D and automotive Android, AAOS, Vulkan, Unity as a Library (UAAL), IL2CPP, low-level graphics.

Direct, high-trust collaboration with automotive OEMs; your work is visible and it matters.

Deep ownership and autonomy in a small senior team, with a clear path to grow into technical leadership.

A global R&D organization tackling cross-platform challenges at scale.

What you’ll be doing

• Bring Unity’s real-time 3D runtime to Android in the vehicle, extend and harden our platform support across Android/AOSP and Android Automotive OS (with complementary targets like embedded Linux and QNX).
• Integrate Unity into native Android apps (Unity as a Library & Unity Render Service) and build the graphics and windowing layer that powers multi-screen, multi-touch digital cockpits and HMIs.
• Profile and optimize for resource-constrained automotive SoCs, runtime performance, memory, startup/load time, and iteration speed across platforms.
• Partner directly with automotive OEMs as a technical point of contact, investigating issues, removing performance bottlenecks, and setting customers up for production success.
• Raise the engineering bar on a small, senior team through design discussions, code reviews, and automated testing.

What we’re looking for

• Languages: Proficiency in C/C++/C# and building scalable, multithreaded systems on Linux/Android.
• Android platform: Hands-on Android/AOSP development across app and platform layers: HALs (AIDL), the Android build system (Soong/Blueprint), and the Android framework/lifecycle.
• Embedded graphics & real-time 3D: Working knowledge of Vulkan and OpenGL ES and the Android graphics/compositing stack (SurfaceFlinger, HWComposer, Gralloc, EGL), applied to real-time 3D and UI rendering.
• Performance: Profiling and optimization on resource-constrained hardware using CPU/GPU/IO tooling.
• Customer collaboration: Working directly with customers on technical issues, with business-level English.

You might also have

• Android Automotive OS (AAOS) / digital-cockpit / IVI HMI experience, and integrating Unity as a Library (UAAL) and IL2CPP.
• Embedded engineering (HMIs, instrument clusters) and cross-platform porting across Android, embedded Linux, and RTOS (ARM64/ARM32).
• RTOS (QNX, Integrity) and automotive SoCs (Qualcomm SA8295/SA8775P, NXP i.MX8/i.MX95, NVIDIA Jetson/DRIVE Orin).
• Modern C++ (C++17/20) and exposure to Rust in AOSP.
• A perspective shaped by adjacent real-time or safety-aware domains — games, simulation, robotics, AR/VR, aerospace, or medical devices — that brings a fresh angle to how we build automotive HMI.

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Gross pay annually:

Lithuania: 54,200 - 81,400EUR

UK Zone A 55,700 - 83,500 GBP

UK Zone B 63,700 - 95,500 GBP

This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.

Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

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