Lead Android Automotive (AAOS) Engineer

Spyrosoft Synergy S.A. is hiring for a lead engineering role focused on Android Automotive OS (AAOS) and multimedia software solutions within automotive platforms. The role involves collaboration with distributed teams, suppliers, and technical stakeholders, working on multimedia components and backend services for Android Automotive, Embedded Linux, and QNX environments.

• 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 including MP4, fMP4, HTTP-based media delivery, and MPEG-DASH
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
• Experience with multithreaded and asynchronous software architectures
• Good understanding of video codecs such as H.264/H.265, media pipelines, multimedia frameworks, metadata and playlist management, persistent storage and data lifecycle concepts, IPC mechanisms, service-oriented architectures, automotive cybersecurity, and secure communication concepts

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with QNX-based automotive platforms
• Experience with multimedia frameworks such as GStreamer, FFmpeg, Android MediaCodec, or equivalent technologies
• Experience integrating camera/video sources in embedded systems
• Knowledge of adaptive streaming technologies, particularly MPEG-DASH
• Familiarity with automotive development processes such as ASPICE
• Experience working with SoC/platform vendors and automotive Tier-1 suppliers

• Design, implement, and maintain multimedia and video software components and backend services for automotive platforms
• Develop solutions for Android Automotive, Embedded Linux, and QNX environments
• Own end-to-end video ingestion, processing, storage, streaming, and lifecycle management
• Implement and maintain media storage solutions based on MP4/fMP4 and related container technologies
• Develop HTTP/DASH streaming solutions, 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 layers
• 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