Android Automotive OS Platform Engineer

About the Company At Avaron, you get the security of permanent employment combined with the variety of working at different customers. We place specialists across everything from tech, IT and industry to project management and business support – and whatever the assignment, you have a consultant manager who is there for you and your development. About the Role You will help shape a scalable Android Automotive OS platform for infotainment and cockpit products in the automotive domain. The role combines hands-on platform engineering with ownership of the software base, source structure, and feature integration needed to support reuse across multiple products and customer programs. You will work across framework, services, applications, and vehicle-facing components while collaborating with product, architecture, and distributed engineering teams. This is a strong fit if you enjoy solving deep platform challenges and want to influence how robust, reusable AAOS capabilities are built for long-term product value. Job DescriptionYou develop, integrate, and maintain Android Automotive OS platform features across framework, system services, applications, and vehicle-facing components. You work with AOSP and AAOS components such as Car Service, Vehicle HAL interfaces, Binder, AIDL/HIDL, permissions, system services, and automotive APIs. You set up and maintain Android platform configurations, including repo manifests, product definitions, device configurations, lunch targets, and build variants. You drive governance of the Android software base to support scalability, reuse, efficient project start-up, and long-term maintainability. You support platform upgrades and integration of new releases from Google and SoC vendors, while aligning technical choices with product and architecture needs. You contribute to quality, security, performance, and release readiness through reviews, testing, CI/CD, and structured engineering practices. You explore and prototype AI-enabled in-vehicle features where on-device, cloud, or hybrid AI can create clear product value. RequirementsYou have strong software engineering experience in Android platform development, Android Automotive OS, AOSP, infotainment, embedded Android, or similar complex software platforms. You have a solid understanding of Android internals, including framework architecture, system services, IPC, permissions, lifecycle, resource overlays, HAL integration, and platform debugging. You have practical experience with Android build and source management flows, including repo, manifests, product and device configuration, lunch targets, and platform customization. You have programming experience in Kotlin, Java, C++, and/or C, and can work across application, framework, system, and native layers. You have experience working in agile software development with Git/Gerrit, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and structured release processes. You communicate clearly in English and can explain technical trade-offs to different stakeholders. Nice to haveExperience or a strong interest in developing AI-enabled Android features for in-vehicle, mobile, embedded, or connected products. Understanding of when to use on-device, cloud-based, or hybrid AI based on privacy, latency, cost, connectivity, safety, and product requirements. Familiarity with Android AICore, Gemini Nano, Gemma, ML Kit GenAI APIs, TensorFlow Lite, Vertex AI, Firebase AI, Gemini models, or similar AI platforms. Ability to turn AI capabilities into practical product features such as intelligent assistants, personalization, summarization, diagnostics, natural language interaction, or context-aware vehicle experiences. What We OfferPermanent employment at Avaron AB Occupational pension Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year Application Selections are made on an ongoing basis – apply as soon as you can.