QNX Open Source Software Developer (New Graduate/Graduate)

Socket.dev; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 111,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VIP incentive program

Comprehensive employee benefits

Job summary

BlackBerry is seeking a software engineer to advance the QNX Everywhere initiative, porting and optimizing open-source software for the QNX RTOS using C, C++, Python, and Rust. You will collaborate with upstream communities to integrate targets, and work with silicon partners to enable OSS on diverse embedded platforms.

You will contribute to system runtimes, networking, robotics, and graphics, while enhancing performance on embedded hardware and expanding the OSS ecosystem around QNX.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/engineering.
• Strong software development skills in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience with Linux/Unix development and cross-compilation toolchains.
• Understanding of OS internals and POSIX APIs.
• Great communication and collaboration in open-source communities.
• Self-motivated with a passion for building software ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Broad Open-Source Porting & Integration: port, build, and optimize OSS across C, C++, Python, and Rust for QNX RTOS.
• Upstreaming & Community Leadership: work with upstream communities to integrate builds, patches, and CI.
• Hardware & Accelerator Enablement: enable OSS on diverse embedded platforms with accelerator blocks.
• QNX Subsystem Integration: integrate OSS with core QNX subsystems (graphics, networking, USB, audio).
• Porting Layers & Toolchain Support: develop OS abstractions and adapt build systems for QNX toolchains.
• Performance Optimization: profiling, memory tuning, latency reduction on embedded hardware.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

C and C++ (C++14/17/20)

Python

Linux/Unix development

Cross-compilation toolchains

POSIX APIs

Communication skills

Open-source collaboration

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

CMake

Meson

Ninja

Make

Cargo

Bazel

Job description

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular

Job Description:

QNX enhances the human experience and amplifies technology-driven industries, providing a trusted foundation for software-defined businesses to thrive. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. With a focus on reducing hardware dependency and increasing efficiency, QNX empowers organizations to unlock new possibilities in areas like high-performance computing at the edge, standards-based virtualization technologies, and cloud enablement. QNX® technology has been deployed in the world’s most critical embedded systems, including more than 275 million vehicles on the road today. QNX® software is trusted across industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defense.

Purpose of the Role: The "QNX Everywhere" Initiative

QNX is on a mission to compete directly with Linux as the premier, go-to operating system for embedded development worldwide. Through ourQNX Everywhere initiative, we are building a rich, seamless open-source ecosystem that brings the vast array of open-source software currently enjoyed on Linux natively onto the QNX Real-Time Operating System (RTOS).

You will conduct:

• Broad Open-Source Porting & Integration:Analyze, port, build, and optimize open-source software across C, C++, Python, and Rust for the QNX RTOS. Projects span a wide variety of domains, including:
  • System Runtimes:Node.js, GTK, SQLite, Boost.
  • Networking & Middleware:SOME/IP, MQTT, DDS, Zenoh.
  • Physical AI & Robotics:ROS2, OpenPI, Google MediaPipe, OpenCV, ONNX Runtime, PyTorch/ExecuTorch, TensorFlow.
• Upstreaming & Community Leadership:Work directly with upstream open-source communities and maintainers to integrate QNX build targets, patches, and CI configurations into mainstream repositories.
• Hardware & Accelerator Enablement:Work with silicon partners to enable open-source software on diverse embedded platforms, including GPU/NPU acceleration blocks (NVIDIA IGX Thor, AMD ROCm, Qualcomm, NXP).
• QNX Subsystem Integration:Integrate open-source projects with core QNX subsystems (graphics, networking, USB, audio, sensors, and multimedia).
• Porting Layers & Toolchain Support:Develop OS-specific abstraction layers, shims, and porting libraries; adapt cross-compilation build systems (CMake, Meson, Bazel, Cargo, GN/Ninja) for QNX toolchains.
• Performance Optimization:Perform low-level profiling, memory footprint reduction, latency tuning, and performance optimization on embedded target hardware.

You will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong software development skills in C and C++ (C++14/17/20) and Python.
• Proven experience with Linux/Unix development environments and cross-compilation toolchains (CMake, Meson, Ninja, Make).
• Solid understanding of operating system internals and POSIX APIs (pthreads, IPC, memory management, networking sockets).
• Excellent communication skills with an interest in collaborating within open-source developer communities.
• Self-motivated with a passion for building software ecosystems.

Any of the below are considered a bonus:

• Experience porting, building, or maintaining large open-source projects or Linux distributions.
• Experience or interest inPhysical AI, Robotics, or Vision frameworks(e.g., ROS2, OpenPI, MediaPipe, ONNX Runtime, PyTorch/ExecuTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV).
• Experience withGPU / Heterogeneous Computestacks (NVIDIA CUDA/TensorRT, AMD ROCm, Vulkan Compute, OpenCL) on platforms like NVIDIA Thor/IGX or AMD silicon.
• Knowledge of embedded GUI engines (Qt, GTK), or automotive/industrial middleware (DDS, SOME/IP, MQTT).
• Hands-on experience with RTOS environments (QNX, VxWorks, FreeRTOS, Zephyr) or Linux kernel/driver internals.
• Familiarity with Rust and cargo build targets for embedded or systems programming.
• Active open-source contributions (GitHub/GitLab profile, upstream PRs, or patch submissions).

If you are ready to use your expertise to drive real innovation, we would love to hear from you!

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range:

$80,000.00 - $105,000.00

Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good-faith estimate of expected base compensation for the position. The actual compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and is contingent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.

Bonus:

The BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program is an organization-wide bonus incentive program which aims to reward full-time eligible employees for their contribution to BlackBerry’s success. VIP payments are made in addition to base salary and factor in company’s performance as a way for employees to share in BlackBerry’s achievements.

Benefits:

The BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support your physical, financial and personal well-being. BlackBerry remains committed to offering affordable benefits including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program and paid-time-off to those that meet the eligibility requirements.

Disclosure of Position Status:

This is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediately

Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence:

We donot use artificial intelligence (AI)to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by our hiring team.