QNX Systems Software Developer (Open Source)

QNX Systems Software Developer (Open Source)

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Time Type: Full time

Posted On: 3 Days Ago

End Date to Apply: February 28, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

Job Requisition ID: 20240791

Worker Sub-Type: Regular

Job Description:

QNX is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks, and development tools, providing expert support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. We are the embedded experts, offering time-tested software, including our deterministic micro-kernel real-time operating system (RTOS), safety-certified products, middleware, and security solutions, all purpose-built for embedded systems.

QNX software is trusted by more than 68% of the Electric Vehicle market by volume, 24 of the top 25 EV manufacturers, and is running in 255 million vehicles globally. Our foundation products have been pre-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, and we offer a broad range of board support packages, professional services, AUTOSAR adaptive support, and middleware solutions to accelerate development and help OEMs meet Start of Production (SOP) dates.

Purpose of Job:

QNX Software Systems is building an Open Source software development team, adding support for the QNX Real-Time Operating System to a large variety of Open Source Software components. We are seeking a highly motivated Open Source Developer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will collaborate with a global community of developers and drive the adoption and growth of our open source initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to efforts to meet company objectives
• Author developer-level technical content, processes, and procedures
• Troubleshoot and debug embedded software issues
• Analyse, port, integrate, and optimize Open Source projects onto the QNX Embedded RTOS
• Work with the Open Source community to upstream QNX relevant changes
• Integrate Open Source Software with different QNX subsystems, such as graphics, networking, USB, audio, and sensors
• Integrate Open Source components onto different embedded computing platforms and work with silicon partners to integrate Open Source SW with their HW acceleration blocks
• Develop Open Source-specific porting layers
• Performance optimization, analysis, and tuning

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• 2+ years embedded software development
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, or equivalent
• Strong software development skills using applicable programming languages (C, C++, Assembly)
• Experience developing, maintaining, and/or porting large open-source projects is an asset
• Experience with Linux and/or Android internals is an asset; RTOS development experience is an asset
• Device driver experience on any platform is an asset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated

Technical Requirements:

• Must have: strong C programming skills
• Must have: excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Must have: excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working on large projects with high levels of integration is an asset
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking/innovation, including the ability to identify and analyze technical problems
• Knowledge of GCC and GDB is an asset
• Hands-on development experience using embedded operating systems (QNX, Linux, GreenHills, VXworks preferred)
• Exceptional time management and multi-tasking skills
• Proven ability to deal with sensitive matters with a degree of diplomacy, tact, and confidentiality
• Enthusiasm and a desire to learn about new technologies

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40