Sr Android Developer//Dearborn, MI//W2

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop middleware and Android background services for platform-level functionality
• Debug and reverse-engineer complex issues directly from Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code
• Own overall Android platform stability and reliability
• Resolve Android upgrade and integration issues across releases
• Diagnose and fix bugs in system_server components (Activity Manager, Window Manager, Package Manager, etc.), Car Service, and SurfaceFlinger
• Investigate and resolve black screen, boot failure, and ANR (Application Not Responding) issues
• Resolve and provide technical direction and root-cause analysis for unknown or hard-to-reproduce issues
• Address and resolve compliance test failures across CTS, VTS, ATS, and STS

Skills Required

• Kotlin
• C++
• Java

Skills Required:

• Kotlin Candidate should be able to write and maintain Kotlin-based Android background services and middleware components and be comfortable working within Kotlin code in the Android framework/system_server layer (e.g., modifying or extending services like Activity Manager, Package Manager) as part of resolving platform stability issues.
• C++ Candidate should have hands-on experience debugging and modifying native Android components (e.g., SurfaceFlinger, HAL layers, vendor partition code) in C++, including reverse-engineering issues directly from AOSP native open source code.
• Java Candidate should be able to read, debug, and modify Java-based Android framework code (system_server internals such as Window Manager, Activity Manager) to diagnose and resolve issues like ANRs, boot failures, and black screens, including designing AIDL/Binder interfaces exposed to applications.

Experience Required

• 3+ years of hands-on Android platform/framework development experience
• Proven experience in designing and developing middleware and Android background services (long-running/foreground service) that expose feature-rich interfaces (AIDL/Binder, APIs) to applications
• Demonstrated track record of resolving complex, low-level Android stability issues
• Experience contributing to or modifying AOSP source code
• Proven experience working across the full Android stack (framework, native services, vendor layers)

Experience Preferred

• Experience with Android Automotive OS (AAOS) and Car Service
• Familiarity with HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) and vendor integration
• Experience with CTS, VTS, ATS, and STS compliance frameworks
• Knowledge of Android graphics stack and display subsystems
• Experience with native debugging tools (gdb, lldb, perfetto, systrace, logcat analysis)
• Familiarity with Android build systems (Soong/Make) and partition architecture
• Experience working with SoC/silicon vendors on platform bring-up

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree

Education Preferred

• Master's Degree