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This role emphasizes technical expertise, collaboration, and familiarity with embedded Android device development and deployment principles, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, impactful solutions.\nYour key responsibilities will include:\nDeveloping device-level software for Embedded Android platforms, ensuring they meet user needs and company standards. \nCollaborating with architects, hardware leads, stakeholders and fellow team members to align with the product development strategy. \nDriving best practice across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ensuring high standards, efficiency, and quality. \nIntegrating multiple systems into seamless solutions, addressing interoperability and performance challenges. \nContributing to testing strategies, including the development of automated testing frameworks, to ensure product quality and reliability. \nHelping grow and strengthen the team's Android development capability through technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. \n Supporting the product lifecycle, ensuring solutions are well-supported in the market and addressing customer feedback to drive enhancements. \nTo view the position description click here.\nŌ pūkenga - About You\nYou combine deep technical expertise with a collaborative approach, building strong relationships across teams and contributing to shared outcomes. You enjoy mentoring others, sharing knowledge, and helping drive engineering excellence.\nTo be successful in this role, you will bring:\n A collaborative approach, with a focus on building strong relationships, contributing to team success, and supporting others through knowledge sharing and mentoring.\nExcellent communication skills, with the ability to build alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders and contribute positively to team and project outcomes. \nExtensive experience in developing device-level software for Android platforms. \nStrong experience with Android development tools and technologies, including Kotlin, Gradle, Git and modern Android development practices. \nExperience with programming languages and tool such as Kotlin, Gradle, Git or similar \nProficiency in integrating multiple systems into cohesive solutions. \nStrong interest and experience in testing, with a focus on automated test development. \nA passion for delivering high-quality solutions and continuously improving the way we work. \nInterest in Broadband technologies, networking or embedded Linux would be an advantage. \nundefined\nNgā painga - What’s in it for you?\nWe are an employer that is committed to making a difference for families and communities and supporting people to build rewarding careers. We achieve this through employing people who connect with our Values (Commitment to listen. Courage to Act and Integrity to Deliver) that underpin our way of working together. We are committed to investing in our people, developing both individuals and teams to support a high-performance culture.\n We prioritise your wellbeing through health insurance, annual flu vaccinations and extra sick leave in your first year. \nWe provide a comfortable work environment through modern office facilities with free onsite parking, gym, and café.\nWe recognise your commitment through long service benefits. \nWe balance work with fun through our active social club! \nAbout Us\nFor more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transportation and utility customers around the world. Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we now have a network of customers and offices that spans the globe.\nOur employees value being part of a creative team committed to providing technological solutions that make a real difference to the communities we support. By joining Tait, you'll be joining a community of people with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, who care deeply about their work and the genuine impact it has for our customers, and who support each other to grow and develop.\nDiversity & Inclusion Statement\nTait Communications is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to succeed.\nWe are encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply.\nHow to Apply\nSound like your kind of role? If you are looking to take the next step in your career and are ready to work for a high performing organization, alongside talented people, please submit your application with CV and cover letter via our online careers site. 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