Senior Engineer- Java and Android Framework

Location: Bangalore, India

Thales people architect solutions that enable two-thirds of planes to take off and land safely. We create in-flight entertainment systems that engross 50 million fliers every year and we develop the avionics that control the world’s largest commercial aircrafts. Our simulators train the next generation of pilots for fighter jets, transporters and search and rescue helicopters. And, together, each and every member of our aerospace team makes a difference.

Present in India since 1953, Thales is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, and has operational offices and sites spread across Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune among others. Over 1800 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning, Thales has been playing an essential role in India’s growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence, Transport, Aerospace and Digital Identity and Security markets.

Senior Engineer - Java Android Framework

Software engineer / Senior Software engineer with experience of at least 5 years in developing System. Software using Java/kotlin in a complex distributed environment. Experience of at least 2 years developing Android. Application with specific experience in modifying/developing Android framework services, Android NDK, and HMI. communications not less than Android API level 21.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and test the software components that make up the IFEC distributed system.

• Create proof-of-concepts as necessary to demonstrate new ideas and technologies.

• Involved in developing Android framework services and Java on server side Linux based systems.

• Quality focused in terms of software delivery and adherence to the code maintainability and testability within the phases of software development lifecycle.

• Able to modify/create services in the Android framework, not just caller of the

Framework services.  

• Proficient in Networking in Linux platform. 

• In addition to Java skills, knowledge of scripting language such as bash, Python.

• Proactively engaged with the team and work with sense of urgency and accountability.  

• The software development cycle is agile-drive (Scrum) and requires to be self-driven within the context of the sprint commitments.

Required Education, Competencies and Experience:

Competencies and Experience :

• Master’s degree with minimum 3 years of experience or Bachelor's degree with minimum 10 years of experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field from a four-year college or university

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software design and development of android and/or Linux-based systems following an industrial process. 

• Minimum 5 years of experience with Object Oriented Programming concepts and design patterns, and abstraction methodology. 

• 5 years of experience with and be fluent in JAVA in Android Application/Framework and familiar with open source technologies. 

• 2 years of experience with design and implementation of security-related aspects of the application in JAVA;

• 5 years of experience with GIT, JIRA, Sonar, Maven, Jenkins, VersionOne and any other Atlassian Tool Sets;

• 2 years of experience with Agile development methodologies;

• 3 years of experience with Test Driven Development like google test;

• 5 years of experience with Linux internals; and

• 5 years of experience with networking and security protocols (TCP/IP, SMTP, IMAP, VPN, VLAN, HTTP, SSL, PPTP). 

• Experience in all phases of software development lifecycle: requirements analysis, tech design, implementation, code review, testing, and release.

• Fundamental verbal and written communication

• Proficiency in troubleshooting issues during development lifecycle and use necessary tools to measure software quality/performance.

TOOLS:

Android SDK, profiler, Selinux-audit tools, adb, systrace Networking tools (iperf, netstat, tcpdump).

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