Android AI Engineer for In-Vehicle Infotainment

Mbrdna; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 118,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

401(k) with Employer Match

Holidays

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Wellness Reimbursement

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America is seeking an Android Software Developer to design, develop, and validate software for the Mercedes-Benz Intelligence Platform, enabling AI-powered in-vehicle experiences and multimodal interactions.

You will collaborate with AI/ML engineers, system architects, and global partners to optimize models for automotive compute platforms, integrate Android Automotive OS, and deliver reliable software per Automotive SPICE standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of professional software development experience, preferably in Android, embedded systems, automotive software, or related product development
• Strong programming skills in Kotlin, with experience developing production-quality Android software
• Experience developing, integrating, or delivering software based on Android or Android Automotive OS, including applications, services, frameworks, or platform components
• Solid understanding of Android architecture, application lifecycle, system services, inter-process communication, and platform APIs

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain Android-based applications, services, and software components for the Mercedes-Benz Intelligence Platform
• Develop and integrate AI-powered features using LLMs, speech and audio models, and multimodal AI technologies
• Integrate AI models and inference services across onboard and cloud environments, including interfaces between Android applications, AI inference engines, vehicle systems, and backend services
• Develop next-generation conversational voice AI experiences, integrating speech recognition, audio processing, LLMs, and other AI capabilities
• Contribute to multimodal AI experiences that combine voice, text, visual information, and vehicle context
• Support physical AI use cases by integrating vehicle signals and contextual data with AI-powered applications to enable more context-aware and proactive in-vehicle experiences
• Develop and integrate software using Android Automotive OS, Android frameworks, system services, and vehicle-specific interfaces
• Work with AI/ML engineers to integrate, evaluate, and optimize models for in-vehicle use cases, including model performance, latency, reliability, and resource utilization
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, unit testing, integration, validation, release, and post-launch support
• Optimize Android software and AI workloads for automotive compute platforms, including CPU, GPU, NPU, memory, storage, power utilization, startup time, and response latency
• Work with hardware, platform, and AI/ML teams to analyze performance bottlenecks and optimize software and AI model execution on target hardware
• Debug complex software and integration issues across development environments, test benches, and vehicles, and perform root-cause analysis
• Develop automated unit and integration tests and contribute to CI/CD, continuous testing, and software release processes
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to software architecture, maintainability, reliability, and engineering best practices
• Contribute to Automotive SPICE-compliant development activities, including requirements management, traceability, verification, validation, and technical documentation
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams, including AI/ML, UX, Product Management, Engineering, Platform, Research, and other Mercedes-Benz development organizations

Skills

Kotlin

Android

Embedded systems

AI integration

CI/CD

Vehicle interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Android SDK

Android Studio

Gradle

ADB

Git

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America is seeking an Android Software Developer to design, develop, and validate software for the Mercedes-Benz Intelligence Platform, enabling AI-powered in-vehicle experiences and multimodal interactions.

You will collaborate with AI/ML engineers, system architects, and global partners to optimize models for automotive compute platforms, integrate Android Automotive OS, and deliver reliable software per Automotive SPICE standards.