Senior Android BSP Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ukraine, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Engage in the complete software development lifecycle for embedded Android/Linux-based products, encompassing design, development, testing, debugging, release support, and maintenance.

• Create, develop, and sustain embedded software and platform-level components utilizing C/C++.

• Collaborate with Embedded Linux and Android BSP domains, including platform configuration, hardware interfaces, device drivers, and the support for new device functionalities.

• Contribute to control systems, digital media, and unified communications products utilized in enterprise environments.

• Investigate and resolve system-level challenges across Android/Linux software layers.

• Conduct troubleshooting, debugging, performance enhancements, and bug resolution.

• Facilitate integration between software applications, hardware components, connected devices, and control systems.

• Assist with field escalations for both new and legacy products.

• Analyze issues and contribute to the long-term reliability of products.

• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including test procedures, design notes, troubleshooting details, and implementation specifics.

• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, Android, Linux, and application engineers across various countries.

• Analyze intricate technical issues, propose solutions, make engineering decisions, and take ownership from investigation through implementation and validation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of demonstrable experience in developing, customizing, and debugging embedded software/firmware for Linux and/or Android-based products.

• Proficient programming skills in C/C++ within embedded or system-level development environments.

• Practical experience with Embedded Linux development on ARM-based platforms, covering configuration, build, deployment, hardware interfaces, and platform bring-up.

• Familiarity with Linux Kernel, U-Boot, Device Tree, and low-level platform customization.

• Hands-on experience in device driver development, optimization, troubleshooting, bug fixing, and enhancing functionality for display, power management, Wi-Fi, GPIO, or other hardware interfaces.

• Direct experience with Android HAL and debugging across the Android Framework and Linux Kernel layers.

• Solid understanding of AOSP architecture and Android platform development workflows.

• Strong knowledge of recent Android versions, preferably Android 14 or later.

• Experience with Git, Gerrit, GitHub, ADB, and Fastboot.

• Capability to debug embedded systems in scenarios where traditional step debugging may be limited or unavailable.

• Ability to independently interpret and understand electrical schematics.

• Aptitude for collaborating with hardware engineering teams.

• Strong problem-solving abilities, a sense of ownership, and the capacity to work autonomously.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills in an international engineering context.

• Experience with Android framework services, Android Native applications using JNI/NDK, or Android system applications developed in Java or Kotlin is a plus.

• Familiarity with hardware-accelerated graphics processing, particularly OpenGL ES, is advantageous.

• Experience with Camera, Display, Media, power management, or connectivity-related subsystems is a plus.

• Experience with Bash or Python scripting/automation is a plus.

• A degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field would be beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Long-term project involvement with clearly defined technical objectives.

• B2B engagement as an independent contractor, allowing discretion over the manner, timing, and location of service delivery.

• Remote working model with flexibility in how and where you operate, subject to project requirements and agreed deliverables.

• Collaboration with international engineering stakeholders and experienced specialists from various countries.

• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and complex engineering challenges in embedded systems and Android platforms.

• Opportunity to impact technical decisions and share knowledge on products used globally.