Senior Embedded Software AOSP Engineer

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

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Location: Hong Kong
Type: Full-Time

The Role

As Nexs Senior Embedded Software / AOSP Engineer you bring Nex Playground to life. Your OS and firmware run on millions of devices turning family living rooms into playgrounds where body motion software and on-device AI come together as one experience. You will lead the bringup of new platforms and hardware and craft the HAL and framework layers that fuse our games system maps peripherals and CV/ML pipelines with the silicon beneath.

You will architect the OS and own the full stack SoC GPU NPU Camera ISP WiFi Bluetooth HDMI and power squeezing best-in-class performance out of consumer-grade hardware. You will champion stability and security end-to-end from a hardened boot chain to deep-stack profiling and disciplined root-cause analysis of field issues. As a technical anchor for the platform you will help shape Nexs hardware roadmap and the future products that millions will play on next. Youll report to the Director of Hardware Engineering.

The Mindset

You build technology that improves peoples lives especially where the physical and digital worlds meet. You live at the boundary of software and hardware with deep instincts for how systems behave from the boot loader up. You chase root causes not symptoms and take pride in products that hold up at scale. You raise the bar for the systems and the people around you.

What Youll Do

• Bring up new platforms and hardware and optimize Playgrounds AOSP-based OS across SoC GPU NPU Camera ISP WiFi Bluetooth HDMI and power for best-in-class performance.
• Design and implement system APIs HAL and framework layers in close partnership with the app game and CV/ML teams.
• Tune state-of-the-art image processing CV and ML pipelines to run efficiently on-device.
• Own system security end-to-end harden the boot and verification chain manage keys and keep security patches current.
• Profile and debug deep into the stack with tools like perfetto systrace tcpdump and Arm Mobile Studio and drive field issues to root cause.
• Partner with SoC vendors and ODM / JDM partners on BSP drops escalations and silicon-level issues.
• Support manufacturing and factory operations device provisioning calibration data key storage and factory test images.

Must Have

• 5 years building embedded system software.
• Hands-on experience across multiple AOSP versions including BSP and SoC bringup.
• Working knowledge of the AOSP build system and release tooling.
• Track record shipping massively deployed embedded products.
• Deep knowledge of Android and Linux internals kernel device drivers HAL multi-processing SELinux verified boot and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in low-level system debugging.
• Proficiency in C C and Python.
• Good English communication.

Nice to Have

• Experience with TV set-top-box video conferencing or gaming platforms.
• Domain knowledge of cameras ISPs and image processing pipelines.
• Domain knowledge of NPUs and deploying ML at the edge.
• Domain knowledge of Arm Cortex CPUs and Mali GPUs.
• Depth in the connectivity stack WiFi supplicant Bluetooth and HID / controller pairing for peripherals.
• Hands-on experience with SoC vendor platforms such as Amlogic Rockchip MediaTek or Qualcomm.
• Open-source contributions to the Linux kernel AOSP or related projects.

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We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!

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