Senior Android Platform Engineer (AOSP)

Canvendor; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 96,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Canvendor is seeking a contract Android engineer in Portland to own hands-on development across the AOSP native layer, graphics, and system services. You’ll tackle HALs, Binder/AIDL, and kernel interfaces while coordinating with vendor BSPs and hardware teams.

You will debug with logs, dumpsys, and tracing, optimize performance on embedded platforms, and mentor teammates on architecture, coding practices, and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Android AOSP framework and native layer development.
• Strong C/C++ and Java/Kotlin skills.
• Experience with system services, Binder/AIDL, HALs and init.
• Proficient in debugging with logs, traces, dumpsys and kernel logs.
• Experience integrating Android with vendor BSPs and hardware peripherals.

Skills

Android AOSP framework and native‑layr

C/C++ and Java/Kotlin

Graphics/display stack (SurfaceFlinger

Input, lights, thermal and power HALs

Android build systems, Linux, Git,脚本

Vendor BSPs integration, kernelDrivers

System-level debugging and traces

Performance profiling for embedded

Telemetry, observability, logging, and

Technical leadership and mentoring

Job description

Type: Contract

Skills:

• Strong hands-on Android AOSP framework and native-layer development
• Strong C/C++ and Java/Kotlin skills Android architecture: System Services, Binder/AIDL, HALs, init, SELinux, permissions, process lifecycle
• Graphics/display stack: SurfaceFlinger, WindowManager, DisplayManager, Hardware Composer, Gralloc
• Input, lights, thermal and power HALs
• Android build systems, Linux, Git, shell scripting, and Python
• Android integration with vendor BSPs, kernel drivers, SoC platforms and hardware peripherals
• System-level debugging using logs, traces, dumpsys, debugfs/sysfs, tombstones and kernel logs
• Performance profiling and optimization of embedded/resource-constrained systems
• Experience with telemetry, observability, metrics, logging, and tracing
• Technical leadership, architecture/design, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring