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With over 500,000 hours of frontline operational use and TRL-9 validation, our software is not a prototype. It runs in combat, every day, shaping outcomes in some of the most contested and complex environments on earth.\nWe unify drone control, edge-AI processing, and mission execution into a single operational loop, from detection to decision to strike. Our platform gives a single operator the ability to command and coordinate an entire fleet in real time: persistent aerial surveillance, automated target recognition, shared tactical picture, and seamless handoff from ISR to kinetic response, without manual delay.\nWe are expanding our US engineering team in the New York metropolitan area. Our office is easily accessible from New York City. If you want to work on technology that matters, not in a lab, but validated in the field, this is the role for you.\nThe Role\nOur software flies drones in combat. The Android control app is the operator's window into the battlefield: it is how a single person commands a fleet of drones in real time, under pressure, in the field. We are looking for an Android Application Engineer to own that interface end to end.\nThis is not a consumer app. Every design decision carries operational weight. The UI must surface the right information at the right moment, respond instantly under degraded conditions, and never fail when it matters. You will work directly with pilots and operators, translate field feedback into product decisions, and own the application from architecture through deployment.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn the AITAN Android control application: architecture, development, performance, and reliability\nBuild real-time UIs that display live drone telemetry, video feeds, map overlays, and fleet status simultaneously\nDesign and implement operator workflows for commanding autonomous drone fleets in high-stakes, low-margin-for-error environments\nManage real-time data streams over UDP/TCP, WebSockets, and custom protocols between the app and backend services\nOptimize for responsiveness and stability on ruggedized Android hardware used in the field\nHandle connectivity-degraded scenarios gracefully: offline modes, reconnection logic, and partial state recovery\nWork closely with pilots and operators to translate field feedback into product decisions\nCollaborate with backend and integration engineers to define and consume APIs\nRequirements\n3+ years of professional Android development in Kotlin and / or Java\nStrong understanding of Android architecture patterns (MVVM, clean architecture), lifecycle management, and background processing\nExperience with real-time data rendering: maps, video, and live telemetry visualizations\nSolid grasp of networking fundamentals: sockets, HTTP APIs, WebSockets, and serialization\nComfort with performance profiling, memory management, and on-device debugging\nAbility to reason about UX in high-stress, heads-down operational contexts; 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