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Staff / Sr. Staff Engineer, Android HAL, SOC Automotive Embedded SW

Bengaluru, KA, in💼 Full-time🗓 2026-03-13 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead developer for Android HAL and middleware on Renesas R-Car Gen5 automotive SoCs, enabling next-generation IVI/ADAS products.

Role type

Staff/Sr. Staff Engineer, Android HAL & Middleware (Automotive Embedded)

Builds

Production-grade Android HALs, middleware, SDKs, and BSP deliverables for automotive cockpit and ADAS stacks.

Domain

Automotive embedded systems, heterogeneous multi-core SoCs, Android on-chip systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Android HAL (AIDL/HIDL), RTOS (FreeRTOS), kernel/driver integration, multi-core SoC architecture, Xen virtualization, CI/CD automation, automotive certification (CTS/VTS/xTS), system-level debugging, SELinux/permissions management

Preferred skills

Xen-based virtualization, VirtIO device exposure, boot-time optimization, TEE/security boot-chain, cross-cultural collaboration

Technologies

Renesas R-Car Gen5, Android (AAOS/GKI), FreeRTOS, AIDL, HIDL, Perfetto, ftrace, logcat, Binder, SELinux, Xen, VirtIO

Responsibilities

Own RCAR Gen5 Android HAL & middleware from bring-up to certification; implement HALs for display, audio, camera, sensors, power/thermal; integrate vendor drivers and expose stable interfaces; debug across kernel/driver/HAL/framework layers; build/maintain native services and framework extensions; support long-term maintenance and security releases; drive certification readiness and CI-friendly implementation; enable Android as native or guest in virtualized environments.

Seniority

Staff/Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with architectural ownership

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