Experienced SW Engineer ( Android Framework (C, scripts)

We are now looking for an Experienced Software Engineer, want to work with some of the most experienced Android developers.

Is this you?:

You truly enjoy to and are proactively developing your skills as a SW Engineer. You are a quick learner and appreciates that it takes hard work to excel. You work best when you are part of a team where the members share knowledge and solves problems together. You are good at building professional relations, sharing your thoughts and listening to other’s. You are unpretentious and no task is too big or small for you.

This is what we are looking for:

The client is looking for an experienced SW engineer to strengthen their System Architecture and Engineering team, with the ambition to rapidly grow into a key member of the team. You and the team are responsible for integrate, adapt, and optimize new OS versions to their products. Quality is a priority in their products and something you share in your work. They are curious and creative, continuously learn and improve in technology and ways of working and so do you.

What you will do from day to day:

- Analysis of issues and finding suitable solutions - working with various parts of the lower stack in our Android devices

- Debugging with primary focus on the lower part of the phone stack, kernel and native

- Working in diverse areas from Graphics, Device drivers and Touch, to Linux OS, System core and Power

- Communication with internal users and developers (both locally and on other sites)

- Work together with other engineers to adapt our products to architectural changes driven both internally and from Google/Qualcomm

- Working with standard software management tools e.g., Git, Gerrit

Who we are:

Our team is responsible for the Android OS upgrades of Xperia phones. We are working in close collaboration with colleagues in Japan. We’re a small team working in a wide area, giving the engineers opportunity to both deepen and widen their knowledge, grow in their roles, in the team and in the company. With some of the world’s most experienced Android developers, we provide a unique learning environment. Our team members are key to us, their wellbeing, development, and growth. We appreciate diverse viewpoints and people being genuine and truly themselves. We highly value the atmosphere and fantastic colleagues this has created.

Competences we are looking for:

- Relevant Engineering degree

- About 5 years of experience in Android development

- Deep knowledge of the Android Platform

- Skilled in C++ with solid interest in programming and software development

- Meritorious is knowledge in Linux Kernel

- Fluent in English

Personality traits we value:

- Persistent in problem solving

- Well organized

- Dependable

- Pro-active

- Approachable, composed, and friendly

What we seek:

- Someone with analytical mindset.

- Good overall knowledge from a system perspective.

- Quick learner who learns the interaction between subsystems

- Good knowledge about multi-core systems and caveats of such

- Diverse coding-language knowledge

- Not afraid of taking on things in unfamiliar areas

- Team player that acts actively towards common quality goal

- General quality mindset - Root cause fix is more important than Workaround fix

- Proactivity - able to take on new tasks even if not specifically asked

- We are a large team, so proactiveness is important

- Lower-level Android knowledge is an advantage

- Linux Kernel knowledge is an advantage

Assignment areas that we work within:

We are handling around 30 areas from graphics, display, OS, device drivers, to sensors, system core, file system, and more. Mainly lower level of the system.

- Linux Kernel (C)

- Drivers

- Firmware

- Android Native Framework (C, scripts)

- Daemons

- Native support/HAL layer for drivers

- Power

- Thermal

- Performance

- Trusted Execution Environment / SW Security / Fingerprint