Staff Android Developer – Infotainment

Vacancy Status: 
This posting is for an existing vacancy within the organization and is open to new applications. (Backfill)

AI Disclosure:

As part of the application process, Artificial Intelligence will be used in the hiring process for this role

Hybrid :
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Markham Elevation Center three times per week, at minimum [or other frequency dictated by the business].

About the role:

The Staff Android Developer – Infotainment is a senior technical leader responsible for designing, building, and evolving in-vehicle Android applications and platform components that power our infotainment experiences. This role sets technical direction for a product area, drives cross-team alignment, and raises the bar for Android engineering quality across the organization. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Own end-to-end design and implementation of complex Android infotainment features and services, from requirements through deployment and maintenance. 

• Define and evolve application and system architectures (e.g., modularization, data contracts, error handling, state management) across multiple apps and services. 

• Lead technical investigations and resolution of complex issues involving Android framework, vehicle services, vendor stacks, and hardware constraints. 

• Partner with Product, UX, Systems, and Platform teams to translate PRDs and system requirements into robust Android designs. 

• Guide the adoption of best practices for performance, stability, observability, and testability in an in-vehicle environment. 

• Mentor and coach other engineers, providing guidance on design reviews, code quality, and debugging strategies. 

• Influence platform and toolchain decisions (Android version upgrades, AGP/JDK/Kotlin moves, CI/CD, quality gates) and drive their rollout. 

• Collaborate with Tier-1/SOC vendors and internal platform teams on Android bring-up, integration, and certification topics. 

Core Technical Requirements:

• 8–10+ years of professional Android development experience, including shipping and operating large, complex apps or system components in production. 

• Strong proficiency in Kotlin and Java; comfort with C++/Golang for performance-critical or legacy components. 

• Deep understanding of Android internals and app architecture: 

• Components, lifecycles, concurrency, permissions, multi-process and multi-user behavior. 

• Modern patterns such as MVVM and Clean Architecture, with a focus on testability and clear boundaries.

• Development experience in 3D Filament/Unreal/Unity/OpenGL ES/Vulkan 

• Experience with large, modular Gradle-based Android codebases (multi-module projects, shared libraries, feature flags) and usage of AI (Curson/Claude) in development. 

Android Automotive / Infotainment Experience :

• Hands-on experience building applications or middleware for Android Automotive or other embedded/IVI systems. 

• Familiarity with AAOS/AOSP for automotive: 

• Framework services, CarService, VHAL/CarProperty, and profile/user models. 

• Platform constraints and safety/distraction considerations for in-vehicle UIs. 

• Experience integrating infotainment apps with: 

• Vehicle signals and services (e.g., vehicle data, profiles, settings). 

• Audio, media, Bluetooth, connectivity, navigation, or projection stacks (Android Auto, CarPlay). 

System Design, Performance, and Reliability:

• Proven ability to design scalable, maintainable architectures that work under tight CPU, memory, storage, and boot-time constraints. 

• Experience analyzing and improving performance (startup time, rendering, memory, threading) in resource-constrained or real-time environments. 

• Strong debugging skills across the Android stack (logs, traces, ANRs, crashes, binder issues, resource leaks). 

Platform, Build, and Tooling:

• Deep experience with Gradle, Android Gradle Plugin, and Android SDK/NDK tooling (build optimization, dependency management, reproducible builds). 

• Proven experience contributing to multi-release Android platform upgrades (e.g., 2+ major version jumps): 

• Resolving API and behavior changes. 

• Updating AGP/JDK/Kotlin and SDK/build-tools. 

• Coordinating regression-fix efforts across multiple teams. 

• Comfortable working directly with AOSP-style trees and manifests (repo, branches, rebases, vendor drops). 

Quality, Testing, and Observability:

• Strong background in automated testing: 

• Unit tests (JUnit), instrumentation/UI tests (Espresso), and integration tests. 

• Testable design and dependency injection for Android components. 

• Experience with code-quality and static-analysis tooling (e.g., lint, coverage, SonarQube or equivalent) and integrating them into CI pipelines. 

• Ability to define logging, metrics, and analytics strategies suited for in-vehicle systems with intermittent connectivity and strict safety/privacy requirements. 

Leadership and Collaboration :

• Demonstrated track record of technical leadership: 

• Setting technical direction for a domain or product area. 

• Driving alignment across multiple feature or platform teams. 

• Experience mentoring senior and mid-level engineers; raising code and design-review standards. 

• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with Product, UX, Systems, DevOps, QA, and external partners. 

• Clear, concise communication of complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

Nice to Have 

• Experience with Google Automotive Services (GAS), certification requirements, or xTS (CTS/VTS/XTS) test suites. 

• Background in safety- or security-sensitive domains (e.g., automotive, aerospace, medical devices) with relevant coding or process standards. 

• Familiarity with virtualization or bench-based development and testing workflows for infotainment systems. 

Education and Training 

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering. 
  
  Compensation: 

  The salary range for this role is $147,000 to $196,600. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.

  
  
  GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE

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  Benefits:

  The goal of the General Motors of Canada total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan currently includes the following benefits, in addition to many others:

• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and supplemental benefits for pregnancy, parental and adoption leave.
• Healthcare, dental and vision benefits including health care spending account and wellness incentive.
• Life insurance plans to cover you and your family.
• Company and matching contributions to a Defined Contribution Pension plan to help you save for retirement.
• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for you, your family.