BlackBerry QNX- Senior Systems Software Developer- Container Engineering

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

 Job Description: 

Are you the person we are looking for?

The Product Engineering unit is focused on product opportunities as they relate to our markets and the growth of our product portfolio considering the future technology. As a successful candidate, you will be responsible for building and managing container support in QNX.

Using your extensive knowledge of embedded systems and deep system knowledge, you will provide the technology leadership in all aspects of the software solutions from architecture, design, infrastructure costs, tech stack, scalability, reliability, availability, and performance to software quality. You will partner with product managers, architecture teams and customers to discover and deliver the solutions for the problems across multiple industries including our high-profile automotive Tier 1 accounts.

You must be someone with ideas and real passion for software delivered to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Our customers count on us to convert awesome ideas into great products and services.

We thrive in a culture of innovation, technical depth and breadth, exploration and experimentation and provide great career growth opportunities. In return for your skills, expertise, and passion, we will provide you with an attractive compensation & bonus package with excellent benefits. Join us and you will become part of a team that is already leading the way and has even bigger plans for the future. What we are working on is truly ground-breaking!

You will:

• Execute on the development plans and strategies related to containerization in QNX.
• Participate in architecture and strategy sessions with our technology partners.
• Generate design documentation and other artifacts as they relate to our product development processes
• Deliver key advancements to the wider BlackBerry QNX software portfolio
• Create and document software specifications and designs, develop integration strategies that address the needs of QNX customers.
• Unit test and debug implementations on all relevant target architectures for the project (ex. ARM and X86).
• Develop and implement automation strategies for the entire software lifecycle (develop/test/deploy/update)
• Provide project estimates for requirement, design, implementation, and test efforts.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve potentially complex problems and inadequacies in software.
• Implement appropriate security models and strategy
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of current software department approaches and standards through communication with development team members, technical leads, and management.
• Coach and mentor team on engineering best practices such as writing clean code, designing scalable, reliable, and performant software solutions, set and ensure compliance to software quality standards, safety standards etc. 

You will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Engineering related field, or equivalent practical experience with a proven track record in technical roles
• Accomplished driver development experience in C, C++ and assembly language.
• Experience developing for multiple OS architectures (Linux and QNX are a plus).
• Experience in containerization techniques and OCI (Open Container Initiative) for container formats and runtimes.
• Accomplished in embedded systems on major processor architectures (ARM, x86, PPC, etc.)
• A thorough understanding of Operating System concepts (virtual memory, multithreading etc.)
• Expertise in troubleshooting and debugging (by instrumentation, trace logging, core-analysis, applying various tools to extract information, code-reviews, JTAG, etc.)

• Strong analytical skills, software debugging skills and troubleshooting skills, hands-on experience with the tools and techniques necessary to perform root cause analysis, and ability to come up with win-win solutions in complex business situations.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills to work with a diverse, global set of internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to use initiative and collaborate across multiple groups and disciplines
• A drive to challenge yourself and team, being open to coaching and mentoring.

Additional skills

• Knowledge on building safety critical containers
• Programming experience in a POSIX environment
• Familiarity with the QNX Neutrino RTOS

• Experience on container orchestration using Kubernetes and container registration techniques
• Experience on using cloud (AWS, Azure, etc.) and knowledge of various services.

Imagine what you could do at QNX! 

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40