Embedded Software Designer – AR/VR Project

We’re hiring! Come and join one of the fastest growing design services companies in Ottawa. BTA Design Services is looking for talented individuals to join our team. Be part of a company that offers interesting work in challenging, stimulating technical environments with companies that lead the world in technology and innovation.

We recognize that our strength is in the individuals who bring their talents with them to work so at BTA Design Services, we foster an environment where everyone on the team is appreciated, trusted and engaged. We also recognize that work-life balance is important and we strive to provide our employees not just with challenging roles but with roles that also allow them to enjoy family, friends and life outside of work.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Embedded Software Designer will be remotely embedded in an AR/VR research SOC team to work on the latest SOC embedded processor sub-system technology. This AR/VR research SOC team is part of a larger AR/VR SOC organization in one of the world’s largest technology firms. The ideal candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Design and implementation of embedded firmware for AR/VR SoCs
• Develop early firmware which may assist in RTL verification

Requirements

This position requires a dynamic embedded software designer who is a fast learner and is eager to apply their skills working with the latest embedded processor and SOC technology:

• A minimum of an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering or the equivalent combination of skills and experience
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant embedded software experience
• Experience with C required. Assembly, C++, Python preferred
• Low level architectural understanding and development experience with embedded processors (ARM required, RISC-V preferred) and SOC hardware accelerator and peripherals highly preferred
• Experience designing and bringing up BOOTROMs preferred
• Version control system experience (Git)
• Experience with Zephyr highly preferred otherwise other RTOS experience required
• Experience developing PCIe drivers required
• Experience with standard device interfaces e.g. Ethernet, SPI, I2C, USB, GPIO and memory architectures e.g. DDR/SDRAM/DMA preferred