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QNX - Senior Systems Software Developer (BSP & Drivers)

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Ottawa, ON
Senior level
Ottawa, ON
Senior level
The Senior Systems Software Developer will design and implement drivers for advanced automotive hardware, ensuring software quality and safety compliance while working directly with clients.
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 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. BlackBerry QNX was born in embedded, and provides time-tested and trusted foundation software, including our deterministic microkernel real-time operating system (RTOS), safety-certified products, middleware and security solutions, all purpose-built for embedded systems.  

BlackBerry 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. 

The QNX BSP Services Team is looking for a Senior Driver Developer to design and implement the next generation computing platforms in automotive.  You will be part of a services-driven development team responsible for creating software drivers to support next-gen hardware peripherals on some of the most advanced hardware platforms available.  In addition to driver development, the expectation is that you have worked on safety-certified software and experience dealing with getting such software in certifiable state.

You must be someone with ideas and real passion for software delivered to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will affect millions of users and would be essential to the success of QNX.

You will:

  • Develop requirements and design documentation
  • Develop drivers for various hardware peripherals including the adaptation of existing drivers for embedded platforms
  • Develop of safety-critical applications and/or drivers on ISO 26262 certified products
  • Work in a customer-facing role where your work will sometimes be time-critical
  • Focus on ensuring software is held to our quality standards

Technical skills we’re looking for:

  • Bootloader and board bring up skills such as u-boot / DRAM controller initialization / system clock configuration / GPIO & pin-multiplexing
  • Knowledge and working experience with ISO26262
  • Driver development for UART, I2C, SPI, CAN, input devices, touch controllers etc.
  • Storage device driver development targeting block storage devices, SD/eMMC, AHCI/SATA or flash technology (NAND/NOR)
  • High speed complex communication buses like PCIe, USB or SDIO
  • Domain expertise with security hardware and firmware (TPM, TrustZone, etc.)
  • Senior level, hands-on embedded development experience
  • In-depth knowledge of C and Assembly programming languages.
  • Hands on development experience using embedded operating systems (QNX, Linux, GreenHills, VXworks preferred)
  • Experience writing software for major processor architectures (aarch64, x86)
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent

Imagine what you could do at QNX!  Our customers count on us to convert awesome ideas into great products and services.  We have some of the brightest minds working on cutting edge platforms at QNX.  Join us and you’ll become part of a team that is already leading the way and there is no telling what you could accomplish.

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Top Skills

Assembly
C
Greenhills
Linux
Qnx
Vxworks

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