Software Developer - Embedded Systems (BSP)

Kanata, ON
Software – Software Development /
Permanent /
On-site
Are you ready to be part of a leading global engineering design house specializing in the design and development of embedded software/hardware, electronics, and electro-mechanics?

What we’re looking for

Highly motivated and dynamic professionals
Motivated designers with broad backgrounds and service mindset to be a consultant
Professionals with ability to work both with in-house projects and on-site assignments at our customer’s locations  

What you’ll do

    • You will be an integral contributor to a team responsible for the development of lower layer automotive software including OS, kernel, and drivers, and of core services such as file systems, graphics, networking, and video.

You will be responsible to:

    • Develop C/C++/Java services for automotive infotainment systems
    • Work on proof of concepts for next-generation infotainment systems
    • Investigate system and BSP failures from internal users and external customers

What you need to get the job done

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering
    • 5-15 years of development experience working on operating systems, kernel, drivers, and core services such as file systems, graphics, networking, USB, and Wi-Fi
    • Prior experience in developing and testing drivers and BSP
    • Strong grasp of hardware design and embedded operating system concepts
    • A passion for solving tough problems with limited information
    • Experience with Agile development processes and tools
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills

What will make us REALLY love you

    • Direct experience developing device drivers
    • Direct experience adapting an operating system to a hardware platform, especially Linux and Android
    • Direct experience with QNX operating system
    • Direct experience in automotive or other safety-critical systems (telecom, nuclear, medical)
    • Experience with communication protocols: CAN, TCP/IP, USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and/or Wi-Fi
    • Knowledge of messaging stacks such as dbus, binder, aidl
    • Knowledge of low power suspend technologies for consumer products
    • Knowledge of video distribution as part of video systems integration


What you’ll love about us

  Company Culture – outstanding people and a flexible work environment with lots of after work activities/groups! It’s so great, we even won an award for it!
  Work/Life Balance – 4 weeks holidays to start and work that stays at work!
•   Career Growth Opportunities – being a design house keeps variety in your work. New opportunities happening all the time!
•  Great Benefits – and, they start the same day you do… and, they include your family… and, the company matches your RRSP contributions!

About Syntronic Canada
Syntronic provides our customers a complete portfolio of professional services to support their product development including research & development, new product introduction, manufacturing, and aftermarket services. We adopt the latest technologies in electronics design and software development with a pool of technically skilled staff around the world. Among our customers and partners are some of the world’s most technically intensive businesses and organizations. This pushes us forward in designing to satisfy our customers’ needs with a focus on quality, competence, capacity and continuity.

Syntronic values diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact our recruiting team and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.