Senior Embedded Android BSP Engineer (Remote Contract)

Jabil; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jabil Inc. in the United States is seeking an experienced Senior Embedded Android BSP Engineer to contribute as an independent contractor on a long-term B2B project building next-generation embedded Android/Linux platforms for professional products used worldwide.

You will work near the hardware across the Android stack, focusing on BSP development, AOSP customization, HAL integration, native system components, and multi-layer debugging to deliver robust production-grade solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of embedded software development experience, including 2+ years with Embedded Android, AOSP, or Android platform-level development.
• Strong C/C++ development skills for native, low-level, and performance-sensitive software.
• Hands-on experience with Android BSP, AOSP build systems, HAL architecture, HIDL/AIDL, Android.bp/Android.mk, Soong/Ninja, and system services.
• Experience with Android NDK, JNI, Binder, sockets, shared memory, or other IPC mechanisms.
• Good knowledge of embedded Linux, Linux kernel interfaces, device drivers, and hardware communication concepts.
• Experience debugging with tools such as ADB, GDB, Valgrind, Systrace/Perfetto, Wireshark, protocol analyzers, or similar tools.
• Understanding of object-oriented design, SOLID principles, version control, and structured release/development workflows.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and customize AOSP-based platform software for embedded audio devices.
• Work on Android BSP, HAL layers, native C/C++ components, JNI/NDK integration, and system-level services.
• Participate in Android version upgrades and help keep the platform aligned with the latest Android releases.
• Integrate and troubleshoot hardware interfaces, peripheral drivers, and Linux kernel-related components.
• Debug platform issues related to boot, performance, memory, power, threading, IPC, and hardware communication.
• Support board bring-up and platform validation on ARM, Qualcomm-based, and other embedded hardware architectures.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and product teams to deliver stable embedded Android platforms.
• Review technical designs and code and provide guidance to less experienced engineers when needed.

Job description

Jabil Inc. in the United States is seeking an experienced Senior Embedded Android BSP Engineer to contribute as an independent contractor on a long-term B2B project building next-generation embedded Android/Linux platforms for professional products used worldwide.

You will work near the hardware across the Android stack, focusing on BSP development, AOSP customization, HAL integration, native system components, and multi-layer debugging to deliver robust production-grade solutions.