Co-op Software Developer - Real-Time Operating System

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a co-op student to join their Real-Time OS Lab in Ottawa. The role involves exploring OS research and development for embedded devices, contributing to next-generation OS technology, and solving complex challenges in systems. Ideal candidates should be enrolled in a university co-op program and have relevant experience in real-time OS design and C/C++ development. Strong research and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Enrollment in a university co-op program.
• Experience in real-time OS design and development.
• Knowledge in system software development, especially in C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Explore Real-Time OS research and development for embedded devices.
• Contribute to building next-generation Real-Time OS technology.
• Solve challenges around scheduling and resource allocation.

Skills

Research and Analysis

C/C++ Development

Communication Skills

Education

Currently enrolled in a university

Tools

Real-Time Operating Systems

CPU Architecture

Job description

About the team

The Intelligent Real-Time Operating System Lab focuses on OS architecture, concurrency challenges, and optimal resource management for diverse use cases such as the compute required for AI/ML. This lab aims to innovate operating system designs for mixed-criticality environments that exceed traditional methods. The focus of this lab is to develop next-generation OS platform support to enable high performance, maximum concurrency and challenging resource management with ML/AI agents or services. Our goal is to ensure enhanced performance and reliability in increasingly complex environments that embedded devices at the edge presents.

About the job

• Exploring the Real-Time OS research or development targeting embedded devices, cloud & virtualized computing and automotive domain.
• Contribute and help build the next-generation Real-Time OS technology to power a broad range of compute platforms.
• Solve some very challenging problems around scheduling, resource allocation, isolation and IPC in very complex systems.
• Focus on developing tooling and solutions to performance challenges in the system.

About the ideal candidate

• Currently enrolled in a university and registered with school’s co-op program.
• Related coursework or experience in:
• • The field of real-time operating system design, development and integration
  • CPU architecture for system software development
  • System software development (mainly C/C++)
• Strong ability to research complex topics, distill knowledge into concrete designs and apply to new or existing projects.
• Strong communication ability to document and present technical information and solutions effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.