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Principal System Dev Engineer, Fire TV Partner Engineering

Posted On

Feb. 25, 2025

Location

Bangalore, Karnataka

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Software Development

Apply By

Aug. 12, 2025

Job Description

The Amazon Devices team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced game changing devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

Along with leading in web services and e-commerce, Amazon.com is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics including our best-selling e-readers, tablets and Fire TV.

Fire TV client software and services technologies are enjoyed by millions of customers over the world. FTV-3P team is focused on launching 3P FTVs (Smart Connected TVs) at scale with velocity and frugality globally. We do this by enabling global ODMs/OEMs to launch full portfolio of FTVs (entry level, mid-level, premium).

Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate has current and extensive experience developing and building Android systems and applications. The candidate understands what the limitations of the platform are and can design and implement additional services or help optimize existing ones to meet the product requirements. Partners closely with ODM/OEMs to launch FTV powered TVs. This includes developing new bespoke features basis requests from Tier1 partners, enabling partner customizations of differentiated deep panel/hw coupled features, system performance tuning/optimization and integration of their proprietary features. The scope includes manufacturing tpt and related diagnostic support as well. Post launch support expands across field diagnostics, monitoring and supply-chain oriented running product changes migrations.

The ideal candidate:
• Has in-depth expertise working with Android system
• In-depth knowledge and experience with Linux kernel development
• Experience on bootloader and device drivers development and enjoy working on hardware directly
• Enjoys working side by side with partners, colleagues and teams on difficult problems
• Is highly effective and thrives in a dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities
• Knows what is important when releasing software to developers and has been through the process from start to finish
• Is comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership and never shies away from a challenge

About the team
FTV-3P team is focused on launching 3P FTVs (Smart Connected TVs) at scale with velocity and frugality globally. We do this by enabling global ODMs/OEMs to launch a full portfolio of FTVs (entry level, mid-level, premium).

FPE (FTV Partner Engineering) is a global engineering organization spanning multiple functions (TPM, Dev – SDE/SysDEs, QA) across numerous geographies (NA, EU, APAC) bound together by a single-minded focus to deliver 3P devices at scale through our world-wide ODM/OEM Partners. Our mission is to “Out-partner through definition, planning, execution, launch and post-launch support, leveraging our unique strengths (around app certifications, live certifications, non-store mode experiences) and perspectives to look around the corners and address the dynamism of market/countries being targeted”. • Bachelor's degree and/or Master's / Doctorate degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years of System Development Engineering experience leading consumer device product development, system programming, device driver/BSP integration, SOC bringup/debug/deployment and system engineering best practices.
• 10+ years of hands-on development experience in Android/Linux, HW/SW integration, platform SW/middleware/framework/app development/integration.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.

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