Senior Embedded C++ Engineer – Vehicle Data & CAN Systems

Actalent; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent is seeking an Expert Level Embedded Software Engineer in Ottawa, ON to own the Vehicle Information Manager (VIM) and related CAN data broker software on a modern embedded Linux platform. You will guide a small team while architecting, developing, and maintaining mission-critical software that bridges vehicle networks with platform applications.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, real-time performance, and a culture of high code quality, rigorous testing, and continuous

Qualifications

• Approximately 8 years of professional embedded Linux experience.
• Experience designing real-time, multi-threaded systems with low latency.
• Strong knowledge of CAN bus protocols and PDU encoding/decoding.
• Proven ability to own end-to-end architecture and mentor a small team.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of Vehicle Information Manager (VIM) and core daemon.
• Lead design and implementation of high-performance CAN PDU processing.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize public-facing client API libraries.
• Maintain Python-based configuration toolchains and 10-15% pipeline time.
• Design and maintain multi-threaded, real-time unit tests using Google Test.

Skills

Embedded Linux

Modern C++

Real-time systems

Multi-threading

SOA / IPC

CAN bus protocols

Python scripting

Mentoring / leadership

Architectural design

Tools

Google Test

pytest

pandas

Job description

Actalent is seeking an Expert Level Embedded Software Engineer in Ottawa, ON to own the Vehicle Information Manager (VIM) and related CAN data broker software on a modern embedded Linux platform. You will guide a small team while architecting, developing, and maintaining mission-critical software that bridges vehicle networks with platform applications.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, real-time performance, and a culture of high code quality, rigorous testing, and continuous