Android AOSP SW Engineer

TALENT Software Services; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services seeks an Android AOSP engineer to design, implement, integrate, and optimize the Android AOSP stack for an in-flight entertainment system. You will translate use cases into platform capabilities across Android, native services, HALs, display and media paths, and system observability.

You will collaborate with product, architecture, validation, security, BSP, QNX/Linux, and hardware teams, partner with chipset vendors, and contribute to CI/CD, tracing, and release

Qualifications

• Extensive experience developing and debugging Android platform software, esp. AOSP framework and native layers.
• Strong C/C++ and Java/Kotlin; proficient with Android build systems, Linux, Git, shell scripting, and Python.
• Deep knowledge of Android architecture, including system services, Binder/AIDL, HALs, init, SELinux, permissions, and memory/graphics.
• Experience integrating Android with vendor BSPs, kernel drivers, SoC platforms, peripherals, or virtualization.
• Ability to profile and optimize embedded or resource-constrained systems with quantitative evidence.
• Experience designing telemetry/observability for embedded platforms with logging, metrics, tracing, and health monitoring.
• Excellent collaboration across distributed teams and external vendors.
• Experience with Android Automotive OS or automotive components for embedded use cases.

Responsibilities

• Design and productize multi-display support for single- and multi-VM configurations.
• Work across WindowManager, DisplayManager, SurfaceFlinger, and related HALs.
• Collaborate with chipset, BSP, QNX/Linux, and applications teams to validate end-to-end display paths.
• Deliver production-quality code with unit, integration, and system-level validation.
• Contribute to CI/CD, reproducible builds, testing, and release readiness.
• Create traceability from requirements through implementation, tests, defects, and metrics.
• Participate in feature planning, estimation, risk management, and lab bring-up.

Skills

AOSP framework

C/C++

Java or Kotlin

Android build systems

Linux development

Git

Shell scripting

Python

Android architecture

Hardware abstraction layers

Display pipelines

QNX/Linux

Profiling/optimizing

Telemetry/observability

Collaboration with teams

Android Automotive OS

Chipset/vendor debugging

Hypervisors/multi-VM

IFE systems knowledge

Display and media paths

SurfaceFlinger/WindowManager/Display

Tools

Linux development environments

Git

Shell scripting

Python

Android build systems

QNX Hypervisor

Job description

Description

Android AOSP engineer will design, implement, integrate, and optimize Android AOSP software stack for the Client Seat Box. The engineer will translate in-flight entertainment (IFE) use cases into robust platform capabilities across the Android framework, native services, hardware abstraction layers, display and media paths, and system observability. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership and requires close collaboration across internal product, architecture, applications, multimedia, validation, security, BSP, QNX/Linux, and hardware teams, as well as external chipset and technology partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and productize multi-display support for single- and multi-VM configurations, including display discovery, runtime configuration, display identifiers, mode and resolution handling, content placement, focus, lifecycle, and recovery.
• Work across WindowManager, DisplayManager, SurfaceFlinger, Hardware Composer/Composer HAL, graphics allocation, input routing, and vendor display stacks.
• Partner with chipset, BSP, QNX/Linux, monitor, cabling, and applications teams to validate end-to-end display paths and resolve boot, restart, hot-plug, rendering, and performance issues.
• Deliver production-quality code with unit, integration, compatibility, stress, and system-level validation appropriate to the change.
• Contribute to CI/CD, reproducible builds, branch and release management, automated testing, static analysis, code-quality gates, and release readiness.
• Create traceability from requirements and designs through implementation, test evidence, defects, and operational metrics.
• Participate in feature planning, estimation, risk management, defect triage, lab bring-up, system demonstrations, and release support.

Mandatory Skills

• Extensive professional experience developing and debugging Android platform software, with strong hands-on experience in AOSP framework and native layers.
• Strong C/C++ and Java or Kotlin skills; proficiency with Android build systems, Linux development environments, Git, shell scripting, and Python.
• Deep knowledge of Android architecture, including system services, Binder/AIDL, HALs, init, SELinux, permissions, process lifecycle, memory management, graphics/display, input, media, and power or thermal behavior.
• Experience integrating Android with vendor BSPs, kernel drivers, SoC platforms, hardware peripherals, or virtualized systems.
• Demonstrated ability to profile and optimize complex embedded or resource-constrained systems using quantitative evidence.
• Experience designing telemetry or observability for embedded platforms, including structured logging, metrics, tracing, crash/ANR analysis, and health monitoring.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for working with distributed teams, product and system stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Experience with Android Automotive OS or adapting automotive-oriented Android components for non-automotive embedded use cases.
• Experience with Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms, vendor Android forks, GPU/media acceleration, display pipelines, memory carve-outs, and chipset-vendor debugging workflows.
• Experience with hypervisors and multi-VM systems, including Android guests interacting with QNX or Linux management domains through VirtIO or custom IPC.
• Knowledge of IFE systems, seat-end architectures, aircraft offerability, secure media playback, Widevine/DRM, audio/video pipelines, and passenger-facing reliability expectations.
• Experience with SurfaceFlinger, WindowManager, DisplayManager, Hardware Composer, Gralloc, Codec2/MediaCodec, AudioFlinger/Audio HAL, input, lights, thermal, and power HALs.
• Familiarity with Android compatibility and security validation such as CTS/VTS, SELinux policy, verified boot, secure update, and vulnerability remediation

Skills

• 10+ years of experience in embedded software development.
• Experience with infotainment systems based on Qualcomm SoCs.
• Familiarity with QNX Hypervisor.
• Understanding of TCP/IP and HTTP/HTTPS protocols.
• Familiarity with wireless technologies (Bluetooth, WiFi), satellite connectivity solutions.