QNX Senior Systems Software Developer

QNX, a division of BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB), provides the trusted foundation that software-defined and physical AI systems depend on to operate safely and predictably in the real world. For nearly half a century, QNX has powered safety-critical applications where failure is not an option. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with the support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. Today, QNX technology underpins hundreds of millions of vehicles on the road and a wide range of mission-critical systems across industrial controls, robotics, medical devices, commercial transportation, rail, and aerospace and defense.

Our customers count on us to convert awesome ideas into great products and services.  The QNX Board Support Package (BSP) Team is looking for Driver Developers (Software Dev II & Senior’s) to design and implement the next generation computing platforms for a Tier 1 automotive customer.  This person will be part of a development team responsible for creating software drivers to support next-gen hardware peripherals on some of the most advanced hardware platforms available.  You must be someone with ideas and real passion for software delivered to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity.

In return for your skills, expertise and enthusiasm, we will provide you with an attractive compensation & comprehensive benefits package.  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.

• A successful track record of developing drivers for various hardware peripherals including the adaptation of existing drivers for embedded platforms.

• Proven aptitude for BSP development such as board bring up, enhancement of existing software and performance tuning.

• Enthusiastic about developing new driver architectures to support future hardware peripheral advancements.

• Focused on ensuring software is held to our quality standards

• Interested in opportunities to develop software under specialised safety standards such as ISO26262, IEC61508 etc.

• Bootloader and board bring up skills such as u-boot/DRAM controller initialization / system clock configuration / GPIO & pinmux)

• Experience with serial driver development for UARTs, i2c, SPI, CAN, input devices, touch controllers etc

• Storage device driver development targeting block storage devices, UFS, SD/eMMC, AHCI/SATA, or flash technology (NAND/NOR)

• High speed complex communication busses like PCIe, USB

• Experience writing drivers for wired and wireless networking interfaces

• Development know-how on power management, DVFS, thermal management, etc

• Domain expertise with security hardware and firmware (TPM, TrustZone, etc.)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

• Established software development experience

• In-depth knowledge of C and Assembly programming languages.

• Hands on development experience using embedded operating systems (QNX, Linux, GreenHills, VXworks preferred)

• Prior experience in driver development is essential

• Experience writing software for major processor architectures (ARM, x86, PPC, etc.)

• Hands on experience in the development of software following either safety standards (ISO26262, IEC61508 etc) or MIL standards would be a standout skill 

• Writing of QNX or Linux device drivers

• Ownership of complete subsystems with ability to work independently to completion

• Mastery across multiple bus architectures and communication protocols

• Project leadership or team leadership experience

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