BlackBerry QNX- Intermediate Technical Writer
BlackBerry QNX
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RegularJob Description:
BlackBerry® QNX® is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks, and development tools, and provides expert support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. We are the embedded experts. BlackBerry QNX was born in embedded, and provides time-tested and trusted foundation software, including our deterministic microkernel real-time operating system (RTOS), safety-certified products, middleware, and security solutions, all purpose-built for embedded systems.
BlackBerry QNX software is trusted by more than 68% of the Electric Vehicle market by volume, 24 of the top 25 EV manufacturers and is running in more than 215 million vehicles globally. Our foundation products have been pre-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, and we offer a broad range of board support packages, professional services, AUTOSAR adaptive support and middleware solutions – from acoustic management to digital cockpits to advanced driving assistance (ADAS) - to accelerate development and help OEMs meet Start of Production (SOP) dates.
Are you the person we are looking for?
The QNX Technical Publications Team is looking for a technical writer to create high-quality written material that makes it easier for customers to develop software using QNX products. QNX products are designed for embedded systems running in cars, medical devices, railway control applications, and a variety of other safety-critical and mission-critical environments.
You will join a team of senior technical writers (in an engineering organization) responsible for documenting our products, including QNX operating systems, QNX software development tools, and QNX middleware. The ideal candidate is attentive to detail, experienced writing documentation for developers of embedded systems, and interested in learning about new technologies as well as the people who rely on them.
We thrive in a culture of innovation, technical depth and breadth, exploration and experimentation and provide great career growth opportunities. In return for your skills, expertise, and passion, we will provide you with an attractive compensation & bonus package with excellent benefits. Join us and you will become part of a team that is already leading the way and has even bigger plans for the future. What we are working on is truly ground-breaking!
You will:
- Writes user guides, programming guides, reference guides, technical notes, and release notes..
- Provides helpful, illustrative examples for the engineers who depend on them..
- Gathers information from source code, design documents, standards, and engineers..
- Collaborates with product managers to set and meet requirements..
- Interacts with technical project managers to set and meet project schedules..
You will have:
- Proven track record, and up-to-date on best practices in technical writing..
- Familiar with information architecture, markup languages, source version control, problem reporting, and release-based writing process..
- Software readability (C, C++)..
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent..
If you have any of the below then it's great, but not essential:
- Experience with complex systems..
- Expertise in content discovery, best practices for search, and user experience design..
- Experience with setting up, maintaining, or redefining documentation toolchains..
- Coding in Python or Perl to automate testing
Imagine what you could do at QNX! Our customers count on us to convert awesome ideas into great products and services. We have some of the brightest minds working on cutting edge platforms at QNX. Join us and you’ll become part of a team that is already leading the way and there is no telling what you could accomplish.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40