Android Lead Technical Engineer
SDH Systems· Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)· Oct 5, 2026 · 23d ago
Irvine, CA
In office
Full-time
Lead/Staff
$165K–$222K est.
10+ years exp
Job description
The role will work closely with customer stakeholders, architects, engineering leads, verification teams, DevOps teams, and release management teams to ensure successful delivery of program objectives while maintaining schedule, quality, and reporting commitments.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Lead to drive Android platform migration project and mentor development team involved in the project.
Own overall program execution for Android platform and application migration activities.
Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering platform bring-up, middleware migration, application migration, integration, verification, compliance testing, and release readiness activities.
Define milestones, delivery phases, checkpoints, dependencies, entry criteria, and exit criteria.
Establish governance processes for tracking scope, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
Coordinate work across distributed onsite and offshore engineering teams.
Ensure alignment between technical execution plans and customer program objectives.
Support program onboarding, resource ramp-up, and capacity planning activities.
Monitor project health and drive corrective actions where schedule or technical risks emerge.
Coordinate delivery activities across multiple engineering domains including:
Android Platform & BSP
Middleware & Platform Services
Passenger Applications
Crew Applications
Maintenance Applications
Build & Release Engineering
Test Automation
System Integration
Android Compatibility & Compliance
Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions and execution reviews.
Ensure technical teams are synchronized regarding deliverables, interfaces, integration points, and release schedules.
Manage dependency tracking across platform, middleware, application, and test teams.
Ensure timely closure of action items affecting project milestones.
Drive milestone readiness assessments before major releases or integration events.
Risk, Issue & Impediment Management
Maintain program-level risk and issue registers.
Proactively identify technical, schedule, resource, infrastructure, and dependency risks.
Facilitate risk mitigation planning and execution.
Coordinate root-cause analysis for major delivery challenges.
Escalate issues requiring leadership intervention.
Track mitigation actions through closure.
Remove execution impediments impacting engineering productivity and delivery commitments.
Coordinate resolution of environment, infrastructure, access, integration, and test setup issues.
Stakeholder Communication & Status Reporting
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
10+ years of software engineering, embedded systems, or technology program management experience.
Minimum 5+ years managing large-scale software development programs.
Experience leading complex platform migration or modernization programs.
Strong project and program management experience involving globally distributed teams.
Proven experience managing multi-stream deliveries involving development, integration, testing, and release teams.
Demonstrated success driving execution in schedule-sensitive environments.
Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Experience with risk management, dependency management, and escalation management.
Excellent organizational, leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Android platform development programs.
Experience with AOSP, BSP, embedded Linux, or Android-based product development.
Experience in:
In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)
Aerospace systems
Automotive Infotainment
Consumer Electronics
Connected Products
Experience managing Android migration programs.
Familiarity with CTS, VTS, release qualification, and platform certification activities.
Experience managing offshore-onsite delivery models.
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