Staff Systems Software Engineer (Android OS)
Company: Motive
Location: Hybrid - Austin, Texas
Salary: $171k - $261k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-08-01
About this role
- As a Staff System Software Engineer, you will help Motive design and develop on-edge IoT platforms
- As an exceptional technical engineer and self-starter, you are able to design, execute, and test complex system features on a range of Linux, Android and real-time operating systems
- This role will help build the next-generation Hardware platforms for Motive
- You understand how to design and develop modular software features in a collaborative environment and agile team
- This role offers immense career advancement and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology
- We are looking for a motivated and driven self-starter, to further our technical stack from end to end
- Design and develop high-performance firmware and software for cutting-edge IoT platforms
- Debug, optimize, and validate firmware on complex multi-core architectures
- Develop automated and unit-level functional testing to validate designs
- Present and provide feedback on architectural discussions for next-generation business logic
- Engage with a cross-disciplinary team to design, develop and test features up the stack
- Validate and maintain features using cloud-based analysis at scale- Experience with Kotlin, Java & C++
- Experience with embedded programming on Linux and / or RTOS
- Deep experience with AOSP (Android Open Source Project), Android OS and Linux
- 8+ years of experience in software development
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience