System Engineer

We are Hiring For System Engineer Android Platform / AOSP

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience: 3 - 5 Years

Location: Chennai

Job Summary

We are looking for a System Engineer to join our Android Platform Engineering team and build, customize, and maintain a custom Android Operating System based on AOSP for enterprise devices.

This is a hands-on AOSP and Android platform engineering role, involving work across the Android Framework, native system services, Linux kernel, system applications, security, and OS-level debugging. The role is focused on platform-level development rather than application-layer Android development.

You will work closely with application, QA, and product teams to deliver a secure, stable, performant, and enterprise-ready Android OS tailored to specific hardware and business requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Build, customize, maintain, and release a custom Android OS from AOSP source for enterprise devices.
• Develop and customize Android Framework components, native system services, and system applications.
• Integrate and customize Android platform components to support new hardware capabilities and enterprise requirements.
• Analyze and resolve complex OS-level, framework, kernel, and system-service issues through root cause analysis.
• Deliver permanent fixes for system issues rather than application-level workarounds.
• Optimize OS performance, stability, memory usage, CPU utilization, and overall resource consumption.
• Work with hardware teams to troubleshoot device, driver, kernel, and platform integration issues.
• Collaborate with application, QA, product, and other engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to platform architecture and technical design discussions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for platform customizations, system behavior, troubleshooting procedures, and architecture.
• Support platform releases, debugging, and issue resolution for devices deployed in the field.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong understanding of Operating System concepts, including:
• Process and thread management
• Memory management
• CPU scheduling
• Synchronization and concurrency
• File systems
• Inter-Process Communication (IPC)
• Good understanding of Linux fundamentals, including kernel concepts.
• Hands-on experience with Android platform/AOSP internals.
• Knowledge of the Android boot process, init, init scripts, and system startup.
• Strong experience with Linux command-line tools and system administration.
• Experience debugging system-level issues using tools such as:
• ADB
• Logcat
• GDB
• Android Studio
• Linux debugging and diagnostic tools
• Good understanding of Git and software configuration management.
• Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Ability to investigate complex issues across multiple layers of the Android platform and identify the root cause.

Good to Have

• Experience with Android OTA update mechanisms, including:
• A/B seamless updates
• update_engine
• OTA package generation and deployment
• Experience with Android release engineering, including signing, provisioning, and build/release processes.
• Knowledge of Android security architecture, including:
• Verified Boot
• Secure Boot
• Android application and system security
• Knowledge of Java/Kotlin for Android Framework, system service, or system application development.
• Experience with Android build systems, AOSP build configuration, and platform bring-up.
• Experience working with custom Android hardware/device bring-up.
• Exposure to enterprise Android, Android Enterprise, or device management/MDM solutions.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Embedded Systems, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline.

Key Competencies

• AOSP & Android Platform Engineering
• Operating System Fundamentals
• Android Framework & System Services
• Linux Kernel
• Java/Kotlin
• System-Level Debugging
• OTA & Release Engineering
• Performance & Stability Optimization
• Root Cause Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Team Collaboration

Interested candidates, please share your updated CV.

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