JobInfoSchedulerService from firebase-android-sdk crashing with DeadSystemException

I am facing crashes in my android app w.r.t. firebase-android-sdk. I use the following firebase components in my app:

• firebase-crashlytics - 17.3.1
• firebase-config - 20.0.3
• firebase-analytics - 18.0.2

Here is the stack trace of the crash in firebase JobInfoSchedulerService:

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create service com.google.android.datatransport.runtime.scheduling.jobscheduling.JobInfoSchedulerService: java.lang.RuntimeException: android.os.DeadSystemException
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:4180)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1600(ActivityThread.java:232)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2033)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:241)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7604)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:492)
       at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:941)

The app does not use any of the API(s) in com.google.android.datatransport which comes with Firebase. Please help me understand and fix the underlying cause of this issue.