Embedded Software Engineer

Hi,

Position: Embedded Software Engineer

Location: Oakville/Ottawa/ Waterloo , ON (Hybrid)

Full Time Role

Infotainment and Automotive Industry exp mandatory with C++/C and Embedded Exp.

Position 1: Software Engineer - Embedded video pipeline

• Required knowledge, skills, and experience:
• 3 yrs minimum embedded C++ development on an automotive grade SoC. (E.g., TI, Renesas, etc.). Ideally 5+ years of experience.
• 2 years minimum of demonstrable experience with at least two of the following libraries:
• OpenCV, OpenGL, Open Scene Graph, OpenVX.
• 2 years of experience with National Instruments / Texas Instruments FPDLink (any generation)
• 1-3 years of experience with image signal processing.
• 2+ years of experience developing applications for Graphics Processing Units in any environment (embedded preferred, desktop and / or datacenter acceptable)
• 1-3 years of experience developing and executing unit and integration tests for embedded applications.
• Desired experience:
• Experience with ISO26262
• Experience with data collection and analysis of camera systems
• 1-3 years Matlab/Simulink model-based design.
• Duties and responsibilities:
• The individuals will be working along-side several camera experts for implementing functionality to generate human viewable content for various automotive use cases.
• Review software level requirements and detailed designs, and turn them into implementation plans through the Ford Agile process.
• Execute those implementation plans and report status through daily standups.

Build high-quality code and rapidly iterate to demonstrate increasing levels of functionality sprint by sprint

Position 2: Software Engineering - Embedded Foundational Software

• Required knowledge, skills, and experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
• 4+ years of C/C++ development within Linux/QNX/RTOS domain
• 2+ years developing bootloaders, drivers, or BSP in Linux/QNX/RTOS
• Desired experience:
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related
• 8+ years of C/C++ development within Linux/QNX/RTOS
• 4+ years developing Linux/QNX/RTOS drivers
• Experience with common BSP features running on a multi-core SoC (POST, boot, inter-processor communication, memory map, etc)
• Experience developing for Uboot, secure boot, custom bootloaders, software download, over-the-air update, or in-field software update solutions
• Experience developing drivers and debugging common interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, eMMC, PCIe, SDIO, CAN-FD, and Ethernet
• Experience with common SoC hardware such as WDT, DMA, Timers, and accelerators (Video, AES, SHA, RNG, etc.)
• Solid ability to understand hardware architectures and schematics
• Experience debugging through JTAG, oscilloscope, logic analyzer, and multimeter
• Experience developing and maintaining requirements
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum teams and mentoring junior engineers
• Familiarity with Classic & Adaptive Autosar stacks
• Experience developing embedded software in a regulated or high reliability environment (Auto/Medical/Defense Industry)
• Duties and responsibilities:
• Collaborate to deliver base software in support of future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
• Contribute to the development of requirements, high level design, and detailed design documents for Linux/QNX/RTOS board support package (BSP) software
• Prototype on evaluation and first sample hardware to drive software architecture decisions while properly leveraging hardware capabilities
• Provide software support and bring-up of hardware modules
• Test and debug BSP SW to ensure quality and reliability
• Adhere to common software development practices, including source code management and agile development methods/scrum

Position 3: Software Engineering - Embedded Diagnostics Software

• Required knowledge, skills, and experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years experience in embedded software development experience using RTOS (i.e. AUTOSAR/OSEK, LINUX/QNX/POSIX).
• 3+ years of experience in a technical Diagnostics software developer position
• Desired experience:
• 5+ years of experience in software development using C/C++
• experience with object oriented, modular design
• experience with POSIX-based embedded applications
• 5+ years of experience with Linux and/or QNX operating systems
• experience designing and testing systems for high performance, high reliability computing applications.
• Understands various communication styles and protocols such as SOA, SOME/IP,DOIP
• Understanding of Adaptive AUTOSAR and Classic AUTOSAR.
• Understanding of diagnostics architectures within the in-vehicle automotive domain (utilization of DID’s, DTC’s, etc.)
• Experience developing software which meets Functional Safety requirements.
• Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies
• Experience with embedded RTOS(s)
• Experience with code optimization
• Proficient in scripting languages, such as bash and Python
• Knowledge of SPI, Ethernet, and CAN communication
• Familiarity with sensor modalities used in robotics and autonomous driving applications (Camera/Vision, RADAR, LIDAR, INS/IMU)
• Experience with diagnostic protocols ISO 14229-1 and ISO 13400-2
• Experience with Autosar Classic Diagnostic stack (DEM, DCM, NVM, DoIP,PDUR)
• Experience with Autosar Classic development tool chain (CANDella, DaVinci Configurator/Developer, CANoe, vVirtualTarget)
• Familiarity with Autosar Adaptive Diagnostic stack (DM, DoIP)
• Duties and responsibilities:
• Design, document, develop, and integrate the C/C++ software platform diagnostics SW to be used in Ford's next-generation ADAS systems.
• Work on Fault Management Framework which handles failure management of ADAS module in multi core/multiprocessor system. Specifically, work on Fault Management SW development on ARM A72 core including Native QNX and Adaptive Autosar.
• Develop and use interfaces to supplier and internal stakeholder developed SW.
• May require developing SW in other domains as well, such as Classic Autosar, Native QNX, FreeRTOS domains.
• Interface with IPC to cascade data between different domains.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to align on technical details, to debug issues and to understand design details.
• Unit, Pre-Integration, and Integration Testing.

Position 4: Embedded Software Developer Infotainment- Middleware/HMI

Job Description

• Creating software services for Infotainment system which includes code to support features for navigation, media, entertainment, phone, voice, and vehicle interfaces.
• Creating HMI (screens, widgets, etc.) and Application software for Sync infotainment system to allow user to interact with features such as navigation, media, entertainment, phone, voice, and vehicle settings.
• Develop C/C++ middleware for Ford's SYNC infotainment system
• Implement graphical user-interfaces using QML / Qt Quick
• Design, document, integrate, and test APIs / SDKs that provide services for: media, phone, navigation, speech-recognition, mobile device connectivity, and CAN network communication
• Lead integration, build, and release of firmware images for Ford SYNC platform
• Lead root cause analysis of software defects. Lead optimization of boot-up performance and system responsiveness
• Participate in system design, documentation, and testing to deliver a best-in-class infotainment system

Mandatory Skills

• 7+ years C/C++ software development experience in the automotive/infotainment industry
• 5+ years of experience in developing software on QNX OS based platforms
• Minimum 5-7 years of Qt/QML experience
• Experience with communication protocols: CAN, TCP/IP, USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and/or Wi-Fi
• Experience in Integrating APIs / SDKs that provide services for: media, phone, navigation, and speech–recognition
• Proficiency with revision control including: git, subversion, or equivalent
• Working knowledge and experience developing an infotainment feature technology, such as navigation, voice recognition, media phone, or a similar technology
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Additional Skills

• Good understanding of IP network Stack and Application layer protocols such as HTTP and MQTT
• Automotive product development process and quality experience (i.e., A-SPICE, CMMI, FMEA, etc.)

Basic Qualification

• Master’s / bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 7+ years C/C++ software development experience on embedded, mobile, or consumer electronic platforms