Android Developer; App Configuration IRC
Listed on 2026-01-14
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Technical Support, Systems Analyst, IT Support
Description
Global Logic estimates the starting pay range for this role to be performed in Palo Alto, CA to be $150K to $160K and reflects base salary only and does not include additional performance-linked variable compensation, benefits etc that may be applicable for the role. This pay range is provided as a good faith estimate and the amount offered may be higher or lower.
Global Logic takes many factors into consideration in making an offer, including candidate qualifications, work experience, operational needs, travel and onsite requirements, internal peer equity, prevailing wage, responsibilities, and other market and business considerations.
- Android Build & Integration
- Deep knowledge of the Android build system (AOSP / AAOS):
Soong / Blueprint Makefiles - Product configuration (device.mk, product.mk, Android.bp)
- Experience with AOSP repo tool, manifest management, and branch merges.
- Ability to perform codebase synchronization and resolve merge conflicts when integrating DPD changes.
- Configuration Management Understand Android product configurations, overlays, and resource management.
- Experience managing:
- system, vendor, and product partitions
- Feature flags, system properties, and app permissions
- Familiar with device tree structures, build variants, and flavor definitions.
- DPD (Device / Platform Definition) Integration
- Integrate DPD updates into Android build and app configuration:
- Update configuration XMLs, manifests, or property files.
- Merge changes to feature sets, hardware mappings, or resource definitions.
- Validate that changes are correctly reflected in the physical app layer (HVAC, media, connectivity applets, etc.).
- Coordinate with the DPD / platform team to understand what's changed (e.g., new hardware variant, feature toggle, or sensor addition).
- System-Level Android & Applet Awareness
- Understanding of how applets consume system configuration:
- Resource overlays, system properties, or service APIs.
- Ability to trace configuration → framework → applet flow.
- Work closely with framework engineers to ensure new DPD features are exposed through the applet framework.
- Validation & Testing
- Perform smoke tests and integration validation after DPD updates:
- Boot validation, system service initialization, applet startup.
- Ensure no regression in functionality or performance.
- Use ADB, logcat, and system tracing tools to debug integration issues.
- Automate sanity checks and configuration validation (Python/Bash scripting).
- Integration engineer who acts as the bridge between platform configuration, applets, and Android system builds.
- Manage updates from DPD (which likely defines hardware mappings, feature sets, or OEM configuration data) and ensure that the physical app layer (the in-vehicle applets and their framework) stays in sync with the latest platform versions.
- Kind of continuous integration and configuration management for the in-vehicle Android environment.
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