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QNX Software Developer Student, ADAS (Fall 2025)

Blackberry

Blackberry

Software Engineering
Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posted on Jun 18, 2025

Worker Sub-Type:

Student (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Think embedded, think QNX!


QNX® is a global leader in high-performance, safe, and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks, and development tools for embedded systems. Trusted in over 255 million vehicles and deployed across industries such as automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, transportation, heavy machinery, and robotics, QNX powers some of the world’s most critical systems.

Our scalable, safety-certified software solutions enable companies to adopt flexible, cloud-enabled embedded strategies across product lines—ensuring performance, security, and reliability.

The ADAS team is building a framework to facilitate the development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The framework facilitates the access to cameras and other sensors such as LIDAR, radar and GPS/IMU through simple C APIs. It provides sample ADAS applications and provides graphical visualization and playback/record of the sensor data. We are looking for skilled software developers with an interest in working with advanced technology to help with the development of this framework.

Location: Ottawa, ON

Length of Term: 4 Months

Key Responsibilities

  • Add support for new cameras or sensors to the framework

  • Develop new software written primarily in C and C++.

  • Add support for the framework on new hardware platforms (SOCs).

  • Add support for new features and APIs in the framework.

  • Create or modify existing sample applications.

  • Root cause and fix issues with the framework.

  • Work with multimedia team to integrate video codecs for encoding.

Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience with C/C++ coding

  • Experience in embedded software development and real-time OS is an asset.

  • Device driver experience on any platform is an asset (DMA, interrupts, memory mapping, etc).

  • Technical understanding of computer vision, image processing, graphics is an asset.

  • Excellent communication skills.

  • Self motivated.

  • Personal time projects in software considered an asset.

  • Currently enrolled in a related program of study

Why Join QNX?


Mentorship & Learning: Access to professional development courses, mentorship programs, and our on-demand learning platform
Wellness Support: Access to events that support physical, mental and financial wellness. We host wellness sessions, fitness courses, discounts to local gyms and offer a 24/7 Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
Collaborative Culture: Highly collaborative teams and a supportive workplace environment, with organization-wide events and a student social committee
Employee Perks: Enjoy snacks, beverages, and discounts at local stores, restaurants, and gyms

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40