Co-op Software Developer - Real-Time Operating System (12-16 months)

Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Ottawa is offering a 12-16 month co-op position for a Software Developer. The role involves exploring Real-Time OS research for embedded devices and contributing to the development of next-generation technologies. Ideal candidates should have relevant coursework in OS design and strong C/C++ skills. This is a great opportunity to work in an innovative environment focused on performance and reliability in complex systems.

Qualifications

• Related coursework or experience in real-time operating system design, development, and integration.
• Experience in CPU architecture for system software development.
• Strong communication ability to document and present technical information.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++

CPU architecture

Research ability

Communication skills

Education

Currently enrolled in a university co-op program

Job description

Overview

Huawei Canada has a 12-16-month Co-op opening for a Software Developer.

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.

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.