Android Platform Engineer (CPE / STB)

The opportunity

A major Polish telecommunications operator is looking for an Android Platform Engineer to join the team responsible for home devices and Wi-Fi/TV service quality. The company recently migrated to its own network infrastructure and is investing heavily in improving the performance and reliability of customer-premises equipment - routers (CPE) and TV set-top boxes (STB).

This is a hands-on expert role, not a classic network engineer or QA position. The closest description: a device-level Android and kernel debugging specialist who happens to work on WiFi-connected devices - someone who can go deep into logs, understand what's happening under the hood, and solve problems that have no obvious cause.

The role

You'll be the go-to person for Android/platform topics within the team - mentoring colleagues, architecting next-generation STB devices, and evaluating components and vendors. Day-to-day, expect a lot of analysis, debugging, and design work - less clicking through test suites.

Three pillars of the role:

• Mentoring - become the team's internal expert and first point of contact for all Android/platform-related topics
• Device architecture - technical architecture for next-generation set-top boxes
• Component and vendor evaluation - assessing chipsets, technologies, and suppliers

What you'll do

• Own the STB test environment for platform-level issues, and draw actionable conclusions
• Analyse user-reported issues and identify their root causes - including hard-to-reproduce quality defects
• Debug deep inside the Android platform - kernel, drivers, system images - on TV/STB devices
• Build test environments and scenarios to detect problems before deployment
• Create technical requirements and documentation for devices and the Android platform
• Collaborate with device manufacturers and influence how the platform behaves in their solutions
• Participate in new device development projects (~8 months) - technical specification, technology evaluation, and go-to-market support

What you bring

Must-have:

• Deep Android/kernel expertise - you understand how the kernel, OS framework, and system processes work together, and you can patch a driver yourself
• Log analysis (ADB, logcat, kernel logs, Linux tooling)
• Deep understanding of device internals - chipsets, drivers, dependencies
• Experience creating technical requirements and documentation
• Experience working with vendors in an international environment
• Polish at B2/C1 level - all client systems are in Polish (required without exception)
• English at C1/C2 level - for technical discussions and project management

Nice to have:

• WiFi testing experience / familiarity with test tools (Candela, Spirent)
• TR-398 / TR-069 or similar standards
• Test automation / scripting (any technology)
• Experience at vendors, integrators, or in telecom QA
• Experience with CPE / STB or similar home devices

Team and working model

You'll join an existing team of WiFi/home device/TV engineers. There's already an STB expert on the team you'll work closely with, as well as a broader CPE team (currently 4 people, growing to 5). The team reports to a manager responsible for home devices and services.

• Warsaw (lab and main office) - Warsaw, Katowice, and Wrocław offices available
• UoP: 3 days/week in office
• B2B: location is more flexible, but periodic visits to the Warsaw lab are required