Senior Android Developer

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $132k - $183k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🤖 Android Engineer

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Red Cat Holdings

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2016

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

🚀 Aerospace

Defense • Manufacturing • Aerospace

Red Cat Holdings is a U. S. -based developer and manufacturer of autonomous unmanned systems and intelligence solutions for defense and security customers. The company builds and integrates small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), FPV drones, extended short-range rotorcraft, and uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) — marketed under product lines like Teal, ARACHNID, Edge 130, and Blue Ops — to provide ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance), sensor-to-shooter capabilities, and command-and-control ecosystems. Red Cat emphasizes rugged, low-cost, modular hardware and autonomous software, partners with industry firms (e. g. , Palantir, AeroVironment), and serves military, government, and allied customers including selection for U. S. Army short-range reconnaissance programs.

📋 Description

• Design, build, and maintain Android applications for swarm planning, monitoring, and tactical control • Integrate and render GIS data layers and DTED elevation models in map-based mission-planning interfaces • Implement real-time telemetry, command, and control over UDP, TCP, WebSockets, MQTT, or similar transports • Support mesh-radio and cellular links in constrained tactical environments • Collaborate with backend, autonomy, and field engineers • Ship features for operators and support field exercises and customer demonstrations • Incorporate direct field feedback into the product roadmap • Travel for field testing and demonstrations as required

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of professional Android development experience, primarily in Kotlin; Java acceptable as a secondary language • Strong proficiency with Jetpack components, coroutines, and lifecycle-aware architecture • Hands-on experience integrating and rendering mobile GIS data, including map tiles, vector overlays, WGS84, MGRS, and UTM • Experience consuming DTED for line-of-sight, terrain-following, or viewshed features • Working knowledge of osmdroid, MapLibre, Mapbox, or Google Maps SDK • Familiarity with georeferenced rasters, map projections, and coordinate transformations • Experience with low-latency Android data pipelines using sockets, WebSockets, MQTT, gRPC, or Protobuf • Strong multithreading and offline-first design skills • Experience designing ruggedized-device UIs for sunlight, gloved operation, and unreliable networks • Ability to work cross-functionally and independently with limited oversight • Ability to remain calm under operational pressure • BS in Computer Science or related field (desired) • U.S. security clearance or ability to obtain one (desired) • Must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residence for ITAR/EAR-restricted work • Must not require sponsorship for export-restricted work authorization • Successful completion of a post-offer background check • Must be able to walk, stand, and navigate large indoor and outdoor facilities for extended periods • Ability to lift, carry, and move equipment weighing up to 25 lbs regularly • PPE may be required in designated areas • May need to climb ladders, stoop, kneel, or crouch • Occasional off-hours or weekend work may be required • Travel up to 25% of the time may be required

🏖️ Benefits

• Generous annual equity package • Potential bonuses • Equal employment opportunities • Field testing and demonstration exposure • Opportunity to work on real-world swarm autonomy systems