Android Developer (Application Configuration)

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Pay rate: $70 - $80

Job Description

This is the project for an automotive client of GlobalLogic in Palo Alto, CA.

Requirements

• 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).

Job responsibilities

• 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.