Android Automotive (AAOS) Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Lead Android Automotive (AAOS) Engineer (multimedia/video)

• Focus: Multimedia and backend video services across Android Automotive, Embedded Linux, and QNX

• Main topics: ingestion, processing, storage, streaming, lifecycle management, and system integration

Description

Lead the development and maintenance of multimedia and video software for automotive platforms. Design and implement multimedia components and backend services operating across Android Automotive, Embedded Linux, and QNX, including end-to-end video ingestion, processing, storage, streaming, and lifecycle management. Work closely with distributed teams to integrate with Android IVI applications, vehicle interfaces, platform services, and security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain multimedia and video software components and backend services for automotive platforms

• Build solutions that operate across Android Automotive, Embedded Linux, and QNX environments

• Own end-to-end video ingestion, processing, storage, streaming, and lifecycle management

• Implement media storage solutions based on MP4/fMP4 and related container technologies

• Develop HTTP/DASH streaming solutions including REST APIs, playlist management, metadata handling, and thumbnail generation

• Integrate multimedia services with Android IVI applications, vehicle interfaces, platform services, and security frameworks

• Drive cross-functional system integration and resolve dependencies between applications, middleware, OS, and hardware

• Analyze and troubleshoot multimedia, streaming, performance, stability, latency, resource utilization, and storage issues

• Support integration, testing, technical reviews, validation, and deployment on target automotive hardware

• Collaborate with distributed development teams, suppliers, and technical stakeholders

Requirements

• Strong expertise in Android Automotive OS (AAOS) and Android Automotive platform integration

• Strong experience in C/C++ software development

• Willingness to travel occasionally to the client’s office in Germany

• Experience working with Linux and/or QNX environments

• Strong knowledge of multimedia and video software architecture

• Experience with video streaming technologies: MP4, fMP4, HTTP-based media delivery, MPEG-DASH

• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs

• Experience with multithreaded and asynchronous software architectures

• Understanding of video codecs (H.264/H.265), media pipelines and multimedia frameworks, metadata and playlist management, and persistent storage/data lifecycle concepts

• Knowledge of IPC mechanisms and service-oriented architectures

• Automotive cybersecurity and secure communication concepts

• System-level integration between applications, middleware, OS, and hardware layers

Benefits

• Opportunity to work on end-to-end multimedia/video solutions for automotive platforms across multiple OS environments

• Collaboration with distributed teams, suppliers, and technical stakeholders