Firmware/Software Engineer I — Vision Systems (Montreal)

National Asset Mgmt Incorporated; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 67,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

Zebra Technologies in Montreal is seeking a Firmware/Software Engineer, Professional I, to design, develop, analyze and test software for our smart cameras and vision systems. You will integrate firmware with hardware to ensure throughput, quality, and compliance, and contribute to BIOS/bootloader optimization.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software/EE and 2+ years of embedded C/C++ experience, with preferences for embedded Linux, Yocto, Agentic AI, and vision knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2+ years of relevant software engineering experience with a Bachelors Degree.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++ for embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Upgrades existing firmware and software; enhances and improves existing technologies to apply to new solutions for smart camera products and vision systems using C and C++.
• Optimizes system performance and power consumption, participating in BIOS, bootloader, and drive development and firmware updates.
• Tests on a variety of firmware and software assignments that constitute a portion of a larger project.
• Tests and maintains documentation which describes specific firmware functionality and system behavior.
• Participates and provides supervised input in project code reviews, following software engineering standards.
• Runs software and firmware tests designed by more experienced engineers.
• Reviews test results and performs root cause analyses to identify and resolve problems.
• Implements recommendations to immediate team to enhance performance and improve productivity.
• Seeks out new tools to analyze and solve problems, including exploring solutions leveraging AI to enhance development workflows.

Skills

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Software/EE

Tools

Embedded Linux

Yocto Project

BIOS/Driver development

Agentic AI

Vision systems

Job description

Zebra Technologies in Montreal is seeking a Firmware/Software Engineer, Professional I, to design, develop, analyze and test software for our smart cameras and vision systems. You will integrate firmware with hardware to ensure throughput, quality, and compliance, and contribute to BIOS/bootloader optimization.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software/EE and 2+ years of embedded C/C++ experience, with preferences for embedded Linux, Yocto, Agentic AI, and vision knowledge.