Android System/ Software Architect

Experience - 8 to 13 Years

Notice Period - Immediate to 30 Days

Current Job location- Pune

Job Description: Android System / Software Architect:

- Strong Know-how of Android Automotive's System/Software-Architecture (across all major software layers of Android)
- Strong know-how of AOSP code base, including extension points / compatibility
- Strong know-how in Android's relevant certifications (e. g. CTS / GAS)
- Excellent ability in drafting, documenting, implementing and verifying software architectures for Android based software (middleware / apps / SystemUI), for development teams >100 developers (e. g. implementation of common architecture across multiple development teams)
- Strong know-how of automotive domain, to incorporate automotive requirements into Android based systems (Instrument Cluster / Head Unit / Other Displays)
- Excellent Android Software development skills
- Strong communication skills & 'getting things done'-attitude with multiple stake holders (customer, development team, other parties), with little/no support by any of the other mentioned parties

Descriptive Profile:

Android system bring-up and adaption:

- Deliverable: Service for Android bring-up and adaption until system is booting and idling stable.
- Conducting root cause analysis, triaging, and resolving issues with the System on Chip (SoC) vendor's binary support package (BSP), essential for booting the Android operating system.
- Facilitate driver integration, adaptation, and development of supplementary software necessary for utilizing Android with peripherals that adhere to protocols and standards such as USB, UART, JTAG, PCI, I2C, SPI, and others.
- Generate and interpret boot charts.
- Boot charts must be created to document boot times before and after documentations but also do support analysis.
- Investigate critical path services.
- Critical services must be prioritized based on specifications.
- Document all activities, findings and dependencies for bring-up.

Development, improvement and maintenance of system components:

- Deliverable: Development, improvement and maintenance of currently unspecified system components, which are not part of the Android upstream but rather part of the software platform.
- Identify and address possible problems which have to be available system wide.
- Document findings and recommendations.

System-level troubleshooting and issue resolving:

- Deliverable: System-level troubleshooting and resolution of issues involving both Android upstream components and the previously mentioned custom system components, to further stabilize the system.
- Profile CPU, memory, and I/O usage using state of the art tools.
- Analyze occurring issues of services and components.
- Examine the collected data to understand and address the root cause.
- Identify and address resource bottlenecks.
- Ensure that resource usage of services stay within their budget.
- Monitor and enforce resource usage limits to ensure services operate within their allocated budgets.
- Improve parallel service startup. Where possible improve parallel service startup, without impacting critical path services
- Document activities.

Consulting and technical advisory for Android system customization:

- Deliverable: Consult and provide technical advisory for team members by auditing code implementations and conducting workshops.
- Review and audit code of team members.
- Prepare and conduct regular workshops for team members, regarding yet to be disclosed system-wide and by team members requested topics.
- Document audit findings and workshops.

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