Staff Android OS Engineer - Infotainment

Join our Infotainment team as a Staff Android OS Engineer. The Infotainment team at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is dedicated to building an ecosystem that delivers a beautiful, intuitive, and seamless in-vehicle experience to our customers. In this role you will have the opportunity of contributing to the core Android OS for the next-gen Rivian and Volkswagen Group vehicles, focusing on foundational components, OS tuning and customization, and system security.

Bring your expertise to a world-class team building the next evolution of automotive technology and apply now.

- Own the development, maintenance, and customization of core Android OS components, including frameworks and services within the Android Automotive OS.

- Own the entire software development lifecycle and uphold code through requirements analysis, effort scoping, architecture, design, development, code reviews, and quality assurance planning.

- Lead software design and code reviews while collaborating with other developers on technical issues, design choices, and decision making.

- Implement and optimize the Hardware Abstraction Layers (HALs) for controlling vehicle-specific hardware.

- Optimize and tune Android system performance, boot time, memory, and stability.

- Integrate new features, debug complex system-level issues, and ensure robust inter-ECU communication.

- Write and review foundational, performance-critical code across core OS components.

- Drive the implementation of critical system features such as interprocess communication, memory management, security sandboxing, networking, and power/performance.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware, infrastructure, and application teams, to maintain and enhance the vehicle software stack.

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent practical experience.