About Arun Aditya — Android Framework & Platform Engineer

I'm Arun Kumar Aditya, an Android Framework & Platform Engineer with 5.6 years of experience, currently working at Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India (MBRDI) — the largest R&D centre for the Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside Germany.

My core expertise is in Android Framework and AOSP development — AIDL, Binder IPC, Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), init.rc, VNDK/Treble, and the AOSP build system (Soong). I build platform-level components and productivity apps (calendar, meetings, email, notes) for Mercedes-Benz in-car infotainment head units.

What I Work On

Android Framework development — AIDL, Binder IPC, system services, HAL
Android Automotive & infotainment applications for Mercedes-Benz
AOSP builds and vendor integration on Raspberry Pi 5
Native Android app development with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and C++/JNI
Independent hardware-to-UI projects (Thermal Control, Volume Control)

Previous Experience

Before MBRDI, I worked at Aroma Enterprises India Ltd as an Android Application Developer (Dec 2020 – May 2023), where I built the company's flagship distribution management apps Vitaran & Vitaran Live.

Content Creation

I write technical articles on Android development and AOSP on Medium (1M+ reads) and share video content on my YouTube channel Silicon to System. I also have 18k+ followers on LinkedIn.

Skills

Languages: Kotlin, Java, C++, XML
AOSP / Platform: HAL (AIDL), Binder IPC, VNDK/Treble, init.rc, Soong build system
Android Apps: Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Retrofit, Room, Coroutines, Flow, Hilt, Koin
Tools: Android SDK, ADB, JNI, Wireshark, GitHub Actions, Gerrit