BlackBerry QNX - Software Developer – Advanced Technology Development

Location: Ottawa

BlackBerry® 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. The company’s technology is trusted in more than 235 million + vehicles and is deployed in embedded systems around the world, across a range of industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, transportation, heavy machinery and robotics.

BlackBerry QNX software and development tools are standards-based and enable companies to adopt a scalable software platform strategy across product lines and business units. The BlackBerry QNX software portfolio, including our safety pre-certified product versions, is purpose built for embedded systems and scales to support everything from single-purpose devices to highly complex, mixed-criticality platforms.

BlackBerry QNX, a world leader in safe, secure foundational software components for the automotive industry and mission critical application domains is seeking talented embedded developers for our Advanced Technology Development team. The Advanced Technology Development team is focused on future technology and product opportunities, as they relate to our markets and the growth of our product portfolio. As a successful candidate, you will be a key contributor into a dynamic and fast paced work environment. The team is responsible for not only understanding and planning for future technology trends, but also the initial development of the product concept (following all product development processes).

What you will do:

• Execute on the development plans and strategies as they relate to key technology trends
• Participate in architecture and strategy sessions with our technology partners
• Provide design input into future products and solutions
• Generate design documentation and other artifacts as they relate to our product development processes
• Deliver key advancements to the wider BlackBerry QNX software portfolio
• Design and develop integration strategies for both internal and external infrastructure
• Develop and implement automation strategies for the entire software lifecycle (develop/test/deploy/update)
• Implement appropriate security models and strategy

What you will need:

• Three to Five years of relevant work experience
• A Computer Science or Engineering degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong C/C++ skills
• Experience developing for multiple OS architectures (Linux and QNX are a plus)
• Ability to work with multiple hardware variants (configuration, bring up etc)
• Embedded Development and/or cross platform development experience
• Strong analytical and software debugging skills
• Effective communication skills
• An open mind and a collaborative nature

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