Android Platform / BSP / OTA Engineer – USA

Android Platform / BSP / OTA Engineer

Location: India or USA - 100% Remote

Experience: 8+ years

Type: Contract

Job Summary Seeking an experienced Android Platform Engineer with hands-on experience in Android A13/A14/A15/A16/A17 platform migration, Qualcomm BSP, bootloader, and FOTA/OTA . The engineer will work across Android platform integration, device bring-up, boot flow, firmware updates, and system validation.

Responsibilities

• Support Android A13 A16 platform migration, including Android Framework, HAL/interface and vendor-layer changes.
• Integrate and validate Qualcomm Android BSP/Snapdragon platform components.
• Work with Linux kernel, GKI, Device Tree/DTS/DTBO, HAL, AIDL/HIDL and vendor components.
• Support bootloader, boot chain, recovery, Fastboot/ADB, AVB/dm-verity and partition configuration.
• Develop, integrate and validate FOTA/OTA updates, including A/B or Virtual A/B, Update Engine and Boot Control HAL.
• Build, flash and debug Android system/vendor images and troubleshoot boot failures, kernel issues and system stability problems.
• Perform platform validation including CTS/VTS and Android version migration testing.
• Work with vendor binaries, vendor partition and hardware/software integration.
• Troubleshoot issues across the framework, HAL, kernel, BSP and OTA/update stack.

Mandatory Skills

• 8+ years of Android Platform/AOSP experience.
• Hands-on Android A13/A14 migration experience.
• Strong Qualcomm BSP/Snapdragon experience.
• Experience with Linux Kernel, GKI, Device Tree and HAL/AIDL/HIDL.
• Hands-on Bootloader / Boot Chain / Fastboot / ADB experience.
• Strong FOTA/OTA experience with A/B or Virtual A/B and Update Engine.
• Experience with AVB/dm-verity and Android partitioning.
• Android build, flashing, debugging and platform validation experience.
• Strong troubleshooting/root-cause analysis skills.