What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Android Platform Engineer position at Cherish?
About Us
Cherish develops intelligent radar-based sensor platforms that revolutionize health and safety monitoring wherever people live, work, or play. Our patented spatial computing technology works ambiently (through the air) without changing how people live and by prioritizing their privacy. We detect emergencies and health and safety risks to bring people timely help so they and their loved ones may live better with more independence, safety, and peace of mind.
We are an experienced and close-knit team of visionaries, business leaders, designers, technologists, creatives, operators, and health and wellness professionals. We are driven by how we care about the people we serve — our loved ones and yours. We show up with urgency daily to create and deliver solutions that will change people’s lives at scale in significant ways.
We think and act like a high-energy startup. At the same time, we punch well above our weight. Our sponsors and engineering, manufacturing, and channel partners include multiple Fortune 30 companies and globally leading consumer tech and healthcare organizations with whom we are strongly aligned to move at speed and scale.
Why Work Here?
We're high performers and lifelong learners who enjoy working together, operate with respect and autonomy, and are on a giant mission that matters at a company on a path to an IPO. What more could we ask for?
Senior Android Platform Engineer
We seek an experienced, hands-on Platform Engineer with a strong background in
Android platform development and software engineering to contribute to our
innovative health monitoring solutions.
Your Superpowers
You define yourself as a highly skilled engineer with deep expertise in Android
architecture, from the Java Framework to Native C / C libraries, and a proven ability
to integrate and optimize software and embedded systems. You thrive on tackling
complex hardware-software challenges, writing efficient, scalable code, and
ensuring seamless performance across the Android stack.
The Job’s Responsibilities
As a collaborative individual contributor and subject-matter expert (SME) on a
Team of equals, you will use your superpowers (listed above) to collaborate with
others with their superpowers (you’ll work with others who excel at business
strategy, product management, user experience and industrial design, electronics
design and engineering, software architecture and development, supply chain and
logistics management, finance and business modeling, SCRUM and program
management, business development and contracting, sales, and marketing) in a
supportive and safe team setting to achieve company goals.
You will contribute to a team responsible for :
- Customize and optimize AOSP subsystems for purpose-built Android devices,
including HAL, native libraries, and Android framework components.
Collaborate with hardware teams to define system requirements, integrate
peripherals, and ensure compatibility.
reliable systems.
communication protocols (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C).
SoCs like ARM, NXP, and Microchip.
similar frameworks.
sessions.
To hit the ground running, you are comfortable across the entire engineering life
cycle leading to a successful product launch and ongoing improvements. In
particular :
In addition, while not essential, it is a definite plus if :
Personal Qualities
We’d love you to be self-aware, thoughtful, empathetic, diligent, hard-working, a lifelong learner, and a great team player. You’d show us that you have :
Education and Experience
Cherish is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed
to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
