3 months ago
Kanata, CanadaSenior
Base Salary
$95k - $115k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, and maintain BSP software for ARM-based embedded platforms.
- Develop and debug bootloaders, secure boot features, Linux kernel components, QNX platform components, device trees, and board-level drivers.
- Perform board bring-up, boot debugging, hardware interface validation, driver integration, and low-level system troubleshooting.
- Develop and troubleshoot drivers for UART, I2C, SPI, CAN/CAN FD, Ethernet, USB, GPIO, eMMC, NAND, NOR, PMIC, and other platform peripherals.
- Use Yocto, OpenEmbedded, BitBake, Git-based workflows, Jenkins, Python, and shell scripting for embedded Linux development and delivery.
- Support embedded security features including image signing, hardware root of trust, fuse provisioning, key management, and update reliability.
- Investigate software and hardware issues using boot logs, kernel logs, crash dumps, JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other debugging tools.
- Maintain software design documentation, participate in design reviews, and support verification, validation, and release activities.
- Collaborate with hardware, software, systems, test, manufacturing, and production teams to resolve issues and deliver reliable embedded software.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- At least 8 years of professional embedded software development experience, including BSP and bootloader development for Linux, QNX, or similar embedded operating systems.
- Strong low-level C programming and debugging experience with exposure to assembly language.
- Experience with ARM-based processors or SoCs, including ARM A-series, M-series, or similar embedded processor families.
- Hands-on board bring-up experience, including bootchain debugging, driver integration, and hardware/software validation.
- Experience with device drivers, device trees, platform drivers, interrupt handling, memory mapping, file systems, power management, and hardware interfaces.
- Ability to read electronic schematics and use JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and low-level software diagnostics.
- Experience with embedded Linux build systems such as Yocto, OpenEmbedded, or BitBake.
- Familiarity with Git, GitHub, Jenkins, repo manifests, pull requests, or similar version-control and software-delivery tools.
- Strong troubleshooting skills across software, hardware, and system boundaries.
- Preferred experience with custom bootloaders, secure boot, A/B boot, OTA update systems, embedded security, automotive platforms, automotive Ethernet, flash technologies, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR, production diagnostics, and AI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
- The company offers opportunities for personal and professional growth in a collaborative, innovative, and diverse global community.
About Syntronic
Syntronic is a privately held engineering design house that provides electronics, embedded software, and electro‑mechanical R&D and turnkey product development for technology-intensive customers. The company offers system integration, test development, and production/aftermarket services across telecom, automotive, industrial, and medtech markets. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Gävle, Sweden, Syntronic operates globally and works on customer projects ranging from prototypes to complete systems.