{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ed3f13f0fa7e7f8000fef35a","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ed3f13f0fa7e7f8000fef35a","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ed3f13f0fa7e7f8000fef35a","title":"Staff Software Engineer, Android OS Platform","description":"Who we are:\r\nMotive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.\r\nMotive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.\r\nVisit gomotive.com to learn more.\r\nAbout the Role:\r\nAs 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.\r\nThis 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.\r\nWe are looking for a motivated and driven self-starter, to further our technical stack from end to end.\r\nThis is a Hybrid role (2x a week in office).\r\nWhat You’ll Do:\r\nDesign and develop high-performance firmware and software for cutting-edge IoT platforms.\r\nDebug, optimize, and validate firmware on complex multi-core architectures.\r\nDevelop automated and unit-level functional testing to validate designs.\r\nPresent and provide feedback on architectural discussions for next-generation business logic.\r\nEngage with a cross-disciplinary team to design, develop and test features up the stack.\r\nValidate and maintain features using cloud-based analysis at scale.\r\nWhat We’re Looking For:\r\n8+ years of experience in software development\r\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience\r\nExperience with Kotlin, Java & C++\r\nDeep experience with AOSP (Android Open Source Project), Android OS and Linux\r\nExperience with embedded programming on Linux and / or RTOS\r\nPay Transparency\r\nYour compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:\r\nUnited States\r\n$185,000—$273,000 USD\r\nCreating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.\r\nPlease review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.\r\nUK Candidate Privacy Notice here.\r\nThe applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.\r\nAll job postings are for existing vacancies. 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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.\r\nThis 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.\r\nWe are looking for a motivated and driven self-starter, to further our technical stack from end to end.\r\nThis is a Hybrid role (2x a week in office).\r\nWhat You’ll Do:\r\nDesign and develop high-performance firmware and software for cutting-edge IoT platforms.\r\nDebug, optimize, and validate firmware on complex multi-core architectures.\r\nDevelop automated and unit-level functional testing to validate designs.\r\nPresent and provide feedback on architectural discussions for next-generation business logic.\r\nEngage with a cross-disciplinary team to design, develop and test features up the stack.\r\nValidate and maintain features using cloud-based analysis at scale.\r\nWhat We’re Looking For:\r\n8+ years of experience in software development\r\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience\r\nExperience with Kotlin, Java & C++\r\nDeep experience with AOSP (Android Open Source Project), Android OS and Linux\r\nExperience with embedded programming on Linux and / or RTOS\r\nPay Transparency\r\nYour compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:\r\nUnited States\r\n$185,000—$273,000 USD\r\nCreating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.\r\nPlease review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.\r\nUK Candidate Privacy Notice here.\r\nThe applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.\r\nAll job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.","datePosted":"2026-08-02T01:06:56.085Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T01:06:56.085Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Motive","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Millbrae","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"ed3f13f0fa7e7f8000fef35a"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ed3f13f0fa7e7f8000fef35a"}}