$117,800 - $176,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 9 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Develop, integrate, debug, and optimize Android platform software and AOSP solutions on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms. Work across the Android stack spanning Android Framework, system services, native services, Binder IPC, HAL, AIDL/HIDL, Linux kernel/BSP interfaces, and hardware integration.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, integrate, and maintain Android/AOSP platform software, framework components, system services, and native services on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.
- Integrate hardware functionality using HAL, AIDL/HIDL, JNI, Binder IPC, and native C/C++ components.
- Support Android platform bring-up, feature enablement, integration, and debugging on new Qualcomm SoCs and reference platforms.
- Perform root-cause analysis and debug complex system-level issues spanning Android Framework, Linux kernel, BSP, device drivers, middleware, boot, stability, memory, and performance.
- Analyze and optimize boot time, memory utilization, CPU utilization, system responsiveness, stability, and platform performance.
- Investigate and resolve Android compatibility and platform validation issues, including CTS/VTS failures.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years of software engineering experience (or Master's degree with 1+ year, or PhD).
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- 5+ years of software development experience with significant hands-on experience in Android/Linux platform software.
- Experience with Android Framework, system/native services, Binder IPC, HAL, AIDL/HIDL, JNI, Linux boot sequence, and the Android build system.
- Experience using debugging tools such as ADB, logcat, dumpsys, tombstones, debugger traces, kernel logs, or Perfetto.
- Experience with Android platform bring-up, porting to new hardware, Android BSPs, or ARM-based SoCs.
- Experience in subsystems such as graphics/display, camera, audio, multimedia, connectivity, power/performance, or Android Automotive OS (AAOS, VHAL, CAN, Ethernet, SOME/IP, DDS).
- Familiarity with Android CTS/VTS, Linux kernel and device-driver architecture, or QNX.
Skills: Android, AOSP, Linux Kernel, HAL, Device Drivers, C++
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First seen in our index 0 days ago, well below the 66-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
704
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Median days since first seen
66 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$220k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (704 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 160 | 704 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 683 | 6601 · 156 employers |
| Median days since first seen | 88 d | 66 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: Android, AOSP, Linux Kernel, HAL, Device Drivers, C++
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 167 open roles · median 55 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 159 open roles · median 90 d
- AMD · 69 open roles · median 59 d
- Arm Holdings · 32 open roles · median 13 d
- Mobileye · 27 open roles · median 95 d
- Keysight Technologies · 15 open roles · median 38 d
How we counted: 704 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there, and is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.