Android OS SW Developer

HP•Houston, TX

About The Position

HP is seeking a Software Developer to develop Android operating-system solutions for HP products. The role contributes to the design, development, integration, and maintenance of HP value-added Android OS capabilities that differentiate HP products and meet enterprise and retail customer needs. The developer works across the Android platform stack on capabilities for device manageability, platform security, deployment, servicing, and retail-peripheral integration, in collaboration with hardware, firmware, security, quality, product, and external technology partners. HP currently differentiates its Android platform through areas such as OEMConfig, provisioning and OS-management tools, HP signing, restricted root access, peripheral firmware updates, and a standardized JPOS-based peripheral framework. The successful candidate will deliver reliable, maintainable, well-tested Android OS features; resolve platform issues using evidence-based root-cause analysis; and help establish consistent platform capabilities across HP product families.

Requirements

Four-year or graduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related discipline, or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically 7–10 years of work experience, preferably in applications engineering, programming, or a related field.
Experience developing Android platform or system-level software.
Experience with Android Enterprise, device-policy management, OEMConfig, zero-touch enrollment, MDM, or UEM platforms.
Knowledge of Android platform security, including SELinux, verified boot, secure boot, and application or image signing.
Experience with Android compatibility and security testing, such as CTS, VTS, GTS, STS, or related test suites.
Familiarity with Android HAL development, AIDL, Binder IPC, native services, and Linux device drivers.
Knowledge of retail or point-of-sale technologies, including barcode scanners, printers, cash drawers, payment devices, customer-facing displays, or JPOS/UnifiedPOS.
Experience collaborating with ODMs, chipset vendors, peripheral manufacturers, and external software partners.
Effective communication, results orientation, learning agility, digital fluency, and customer centricity.

Nice To Haves

Programming language certification in Kotlin, Java, C++, Python, or a similar language.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, and maintain Android OS components for HP products.
Develop HP-specific Android features and system services that extend the capabilities of the Android Open Source Project.
Implement device-management functionality, including enterprise configuration, provisioning, policy enforcement, telemetry, and integration with MDM and UEM solutions.
Develop security features that strengthen platform integrity, protect system services and data, and support trusted software execution.
Develop and enhance standardized peripheral interfaces and services that reduce device-specific application integration.
Use Android debugging and analysis tools to investigate system failures, performance issues, compatibility problems, and security defects.
Participate in architecture and design reviews, code reviews, test planning, and release-readiness activities.
Create technical documentation covering architecture, interfaces, configuration, development, testing, and troubleshooting.
Collaborate with geographically distributed engineering teams, ODMs, silicon vendors, peripheral suppliers, independent software vendors, and product teams.
Deliver reliable Android OS features that solve enterprise and retail customer problems.
Improve HP Android products through differentiated manageability, security, servicing, and peripheral capabilities.
Produce maintainable, well-tested code suitable for long-lived commercial products.
Resolve platform-level issues through disciplined, evidence-based root-cause analysis.
Work across software, hardware, security, quality, and product-management organizations.
Help establish consistent Android platform capabilities across multiple HP product families.