Embedded Software Developer

Job Description

Posted Sunday, November 9, 2025, 11:00 PM

We give bright minds the tools to be truly creative and innovative. Join our team

At Christie, we create award-winning light technology solutions and services that help our partners and customers deliver unforgettable d experiences. We're a global group of passionate people at a company committed to leading-edge innovation, creating high-quality illumination products and solutions, and inspiring our customers and one another. We like to say we're a global company with local roots. We work collaboratively to support our partners in every market and region we serve around the world.

About the opportunity:

We are looking for a Software Developer to be part of an innovative team that is pushing the boundaries of technology. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to design, develop and maintain state-of-the-art projection systems as well as the application tool sets used for calibration, setup and diagnostics. We pride ourselves on major breakthroughs in digital cinema, laser illumination, and our relentless pursuit of creating spectacular audio-visual experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Development of embedded software on a Linux embedded platform for system control and projector management
• Maintain and support a large number of display devices from a common code base
• Hardware device driver development
• Integrating software components and ensuring they work seamlessly with the hardware by identifying and resolving software defects
• Network control of equipment over TCP/IP sockets
• Thermal control algorithm development
• Application development to aid in diagnosing equipment in field and analyzing data post-mortem
• Work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of software, hardware and FPGA developers

Location: hybrid position based in Kitchener, ON

What we're offering:

A competitive salary, vacation, health & dental benefits and employer-matched pension plan.

You'll have opportunities to learn, grow, and collaborate with software development professionals who act as mentors within the team. You will work on projects that are deployed world-wide that inspire and delight our customers and their guests, as well as adding value for internal teams. Your contributions will make a difference.

The experience and skills we value:

• A degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5-7 years of software development experience
• Proficient in C++ with solid object-oriented design skills
• Experience with cross-platform Linux development and Windows platforms
• Multi-threaded development knowledge
• Familiarity with debugging tools and techniques for embedded systems
• Experience with hardware testing equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers

What will put you ahead:

• Experience with CPU/FPGA interfacing and familiarity with protocols such as I2C, SPI, CAN, TCP/IP, UDP
• Knowledge and experience with video standards and interfaces such as HDMI, DisplayPort, and SDI
• Experience reading schematics and data sheets
• Knowledge of common libraries such as QT and OpenCV
• Linux platforms bring-up (leveraging Board Support Packages on SOC designs)
• Familiarity with STM32 microcontroller family and low-level development using a Real Time Operating System (RTOS)
• Experience using Git for source version control

Christie is an equal opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion, gender identity, gender expression, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability.

Christie is committed to a fair and inclusive work environment. We will endeavor to accommodate the needs of qualified applicants in all parts of the hiring process. All offers of employment at Christie are conditional upon the successful completion of a background screening and we engage a third party vendor to complete the process. Your consent is required prior to the process beginning.

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Salary

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Christie Digital Systems Innovations ULC, 809 Wellington St. N., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada