System Engineer

Bell Curve Strategic Consultancy

Chennai

On-site

INR 1,500,000 - 2,800,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Bell Curve Strategic Consultancy is seeking a System Engineer to join the Android Platform Engineering team. You will build, customize, and maintain a custom Android OS based on AOSP for enterprise devices, working across framework, kernel, and system services.

This hands-on role focuses on platform-level development, debugging OS issues, and collaborating with hardware, QA, and product teams to deliver a secure, stable Android OS tailored to hardware requirements.

Qualifications

Strong understanding of OS concepts like processes, threads, and memory management.
Hands-on experience with Android platform/AOSP internals and boot/init.
Proficient in Linux fundamentals and command-line tools.
Experience debugging system-level issues with ADB, Logcat, and GDB.
Familiarity with Android Studio and Git for development and version control.
Knowledge of SDLC and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

Build, customize, maintain, and release a custom Android OS from AOSP for enterprise devices.
Develop Android Framework components, native system services, and system apps.
Integrate platform components for new hardware and enterprise needs.
Root-cause analysis for OS-level, framework, kernel issues.
Deliver permanent fixes and optimize OS performance and stability.
Collaborate across hardware, QA, product, and engineering teams.
Participate in code reviews and design discussions.
Create technical documentation for platform customizations and architecture.
Support platform releases and field issue resolution.

Skills

OS concepts

Process & thread management

Memory management

CPU scheduling

IPC (Inter-Process Communication)

Linux fundamentals

Android platform/AOSP internals

Android boot process & init

Git

Debugging tools

ADB

Logcat

GDB

Android Studio

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Embedded Systems, Information Technology, or related engineering

Tools

Git

Android Studio

ADB

Logcat

GDB

Linux debugging tools

Job description

We are Hiring For System Engineer Android Platform / AOSP

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3 - 5 Years

Location: Chennai

Job Summary

We are looking for a System Engineer to join our Android Platform Engineering team and build, customize, and maintain a custom Android Operating System based on AOSP for enterprise devices.

This is a hands-on AOSP and Android platform engineering role, involving work across the Android Framework, native system services, Linux kernel, system applications, security, and OS-level debugging. The role is focused on platform-level development rather than application-layer Android development.

You will work closely with application, QA, and product teams to deliver a secure, stable, performant, and enterprise-ready Android OS tailored to specific hardware and business requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities

Build, customize, maintain, and release a custom Android OS from AOSP source for enterprise devices.
Develop and customize Android Framework components, native system services, and system applications.
Integrate and customize Android platform components to support new hardware capabilities and enterprise requirements.
Analyze and resolve complex OS-level, framework, kernel, and system-service issues through root cause analysis.
Deliver permanent fixes for system issues rather than application-level workarounds.
Optimize OS performance, stability, memory usage, CPU utilization, and overall resource consumption.
Work with hardware teams to troubleshoot device, driver, kernel, and platform integration issues.
Collaborate with application, QA, product, and other engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
Participate in code reviews and contribute to platform architecture and technical design discussions.
Create and maintain technical documentation for platform customizations, system behavior, troubleshooting procedures, and architecture.
Support platform releases, debugging, and issue resolution for devices deployed in the field.

Required Skills & Experience

Strong understanding of Operating System concepts, including:
Process and thread management
Memory management
CPU scheduling
Synchronization and concurrency
File systems
Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
Good understanding of Linux fundamentals, including kernel concepts.
Hands-on experience with Android platform/AOSP internals.
Knowledge of the Android boot process, init, init scripts, and system startup.
Strong experience with Linux command-line tools and system administration.
Experience debugging system-level issues using tools such as:
ADB
Logcat
GDB
Android Studio
Linux debugging and diagnostic tools
Good understanding of Git and software configuration management.
Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Good understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
Ability to investigate complex issues across multiple layers of the Android platform and identify the root cause.

Good to Have

Experience with Android OTA update mechanisms, including:
A/B seamless updates
update_engine
OTA package generation and deployment
Experience with Android release engineering, including signing, provisioning, and build/release processes.
Knowledge of Android security architecture, including:
Verified Boot
Secure Boot
Android application and system security
Knowledge of Java/Kotlin for Android Framework, system service, or system application development.
Experience with Android build systems, AOSP build configuration, and platform bring-up.
Experience working with custom Android hardware/device bring-up.
Exposure to enterprise Android, Android Enterprise, or device management/MDM solutions.

Educational Qualification

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Embedded Systems, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline.

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