Senior Embedded Android Engineer

Job description

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

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Sigma Connectivity Inc, with its roots in the mobile phone innovation within SonyEricsson and Sony, stands as a distinguished design house. Our team, comprising of over 700 skilled engineers based primarily in Lund, Southern Sweden, specializes in the development of connected consumer electronics and IoT devices through dedicated in-house projects. Equipped with the necessary talent, expertise, and state-of-the art laboratories, we are adept at brining the market’s most challenging projects to life. Our operations stretch across San Jose, San Diego, Seattle, and New York, ensuring a comprehensive national presence. As we continue to expand, we are on the lookout for versatile and dynamic individuals eager to contribute to our growth. At Sigma Connectivity Inc, our culture is grounded in the exchange of knowledge and experiences, underpinned by a Scandinavian approach to work-life balance and a commitment to the well-being of our team. Here, you’ll Never Work Alone; instead, you’ll be part of a collaborative and supportive environment, ready to explore new horizons together.

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JOB OVERVIEW

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Sigma Connectivity is seeking a Senior Embedded Android Engineer with proven experience bringing up Qualcomm SoCs and enabling end‑to‑end functionality across the Android platform stack, from Linux device drivers to HALs, native libraries, system services, ART, and Framework APIs. In this role, you will work on new device platforms—mobile, IoT, wearables, and embedded systems—focusing on enabling, optimizing, and debugging connectivity modules, sensors, display, camera, and other core subsystems. You will play a critical role in system‑level stability, performance, and feature enablement across AOSP‑based products for global customers.

Responsibilities :

Lead Qualcomm chipset bring‑up, from bootloader to home screen, including device tree configuration, kernel integration, and subsystem enablement.

Develop, port, and debug Linux device drivers for connectivity (Wi‑Fi / BT / GNSS), sensors (I2C / SPI), display / touch, and camera (MIPI‑CSI, ISP pipeline).

• Implement and customize Android HALs (AIDL / HIDL) across Camera, Sensors, Display, Connectivity, and Power subsystems.
• Develop and maintain native libraries, AIDL interfaces, and Binder IPC services.
• Debug and optimize the ART runtime, JNI layers, native ↔ Java integration, and system performance.
• Enhance and modify Android framework components, system services, and API layers to support new hardware features and OEM customizations.
• Analyze and resolve complex issues across the entire Android stack : kernel logs / dmesg, native services, ART / runtime, system services, and app‑level integration.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with hardware, design, QA, and customer teams for platform stabilization, feature enablement, and certification readiness.
• Drive CTS / VTS / GTS compliance and debug failures across HAL, framework, and vendor layers.
• Support factory, provisioning, and field diagnostics for production programs..
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver reliable and innovative wireless solutions.

Basic qualifications

Foundational Android Platform Knowledge (Required)

Preferred additional skills, personal traits and experience

Personal characteristics :

We offer

The annual salary range for this role is $80,000 – $250,000 per year.

The Annual Salary depends upon various job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, and market demand. This range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Sigma Connectivity, Inc. also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes the following :