01 Feb
BlackBerry
Quebec City
Worker Sub-Type:
Regular
Job Description:
QNX® is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks and development tools, and provides expert support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. We are the embedded experts. QNX was born in embedded, and provides time-tested and trusted foundation 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 - from acoustic management to digital cockpits to advanced driving assistance (ADAS) - to accelerate development and help OEMs meet Start of Production (SOP) dates.
Purpose of Job:
We are 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 skilled and motivated Senior Developer (Open Source) to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will lead a team of developers working on our Open Source projects, collaborate with a global community of developers, and drive the adoption and growth of our open source initiatives.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide direction and mentor others in technical best practices
Use technical expertise to resolve complex problems to meet company objectives
Employ a goals-based approach to drive action towards a technical best practice fit
Help to establish module and system level architecture at beginning of projects
Make “best practice” recommendations for technical approach and process
Author developer-level technical content, processes and procedures
Advocate for open source within the company and the broader tech community.
Troubleshooting and debugging 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, 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:
7+ years embedded software development, 2+ in a technical or lead role
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer / Software Engineering or equivalent.
Postgraduate coursework will be counted as years of experience
Strong software development skills using applicable programming languages (C, C++, Assembly)
Experience developing, maintaining, and/or porting large open-source projects an asset
Experience with Linux and/or Android internals
RTOS development experience 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
Expertise in embedded development with demonstrated technical direction and mentoring
Experience working on large projects with high levels of integration
Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking/innovation, including the ability to identify and analyze technical problems
Knowledge of GCC and GDB
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
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Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
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