Total 10 job vacancies by 2000 BlackBerry Limited

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BlackBerry® is a transformed company. Today, BlackBerry provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including over 235M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario with offices around the globe, we use AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions to cybersecurity, safety, and data privacy solutions, and we are a leader in the areas of endpoint management, endpoint security, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry’s vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.

BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.

Working at BlackBerry’s headquarters in Waterloo, ON, the Senior Accounting Analyst will join a team of dynamic and experienced accounting professionals to develop and implement accounting policies and procedure. You will be responsible to provide timely and accurate financial information to the management team, prepare monthly financial package, perform monthly account reconciliations and various other month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain Fixed Asset Records, including but not limited to, depreciation, schedules and reconcile FAM to GL ledger.
• Review and reconcile local book fixed asset ledgers maintained by service providers to FAM on a quarterly basis.
• Prepare and maintain prepaid assets schedules.
• Prepare and analyze Balance Sheet Account reconciliation, including prepaids, and intercompany.
• Support quarterly/yearly closes and prepare management reports.
• Provide support gathering evidence for external Audit testing for various regions (Asia Pac, EMEA and NA).
• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements.
• Coordinate/complete mandatory business survey questionaries' from various government agencies (i.e. Statistics Canada, US Census Bureau).
• Recommends accounting process improvements for efficiency, as necessary.
•  Assist with ad hoc inquires and requests.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Canadian or US CPA designation, with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Require a minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in accounting.
• Knowledge of NetSuite ERP System.
• Advance Excel skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse team members.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting field.
• CPA preferred, although not required.
• Excellent in organizing, planning and time management skills and able to multi-task.
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Able to work extended hours through critical periods to meet deadlines (i.e. quarter-ends).

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*** FUTURE OPPORTUNITY, Anticipated hiring April/May 2024***

Location - Fulltime onsite Ottawa

Our Engineering Services team is seeking several Technical Project Managers (TPMs) with recent experience in Software Development and in cross-functional project management, particularly as it pertains to product release management. At BlackBerry QNX, TPMs will show their technical skills by: assembling and re-flashing custom hardware; reproducing issues; collecting logs; debugging; sanity testing fixes and features; etc. TPMs will show their management skills by: planning software releases; responding quickly to customer requests; collecting and documenting requirements from customers; coming to agreements on deliver content and schedules; managing the day-to-day project progression; etc. Candidates must have recent software development experience, ideally in the Embedded and RTOS Market, to direct, manage, and coordinate the delivery and implementation of major or complex projects within cost, schedule and contract limitations while ensuring total customer satisfaction.

• Works with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Proven flexibility in management style is a requirement.
• Plans and ensures optimum use of shared resources; administers and monitors use against budget.
• Directs the compilation of required data, including budget, time constraints, contracts & technical data.
• Develops detailed schedules for major or complex projects, detailing all activities required for successful completion.
• Accountable for and mitigating risk factors to successful completion of major or complex projects.
• Arranges the distribution of work packages to the responsible function within the company and/or external contractors ensuring awareness of and commitment to project requirements.
• Ability to write or contribute to the writing of new contracts for external contractors is an asset.
• Monitors progress throughout the project cycle, ensuring cost and time constraints are met and acting to ensure problem resolution, as necessary.
• Interfaces with software developers, group leaders, contractors and others outside the company to obtain or provide program, technical and progress data.
• Interfaces with most internal departments including Finance, Marketing and Sales
• Interfaces externally with Engineering Services customers and contractors

Required Skill and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent.
• 4 - 6 years (minimum) experience in technical program/project management OR 4-6 years (minimum) experience as a software developer with extensive experience in C, C++, Java, or other equivalents and with direct customer facing interaction.
• 1 - 2 years technical supervisory experience with people or projects.
• Knowledge of UNIX-based operating systems.
• Skills in project planning and management, decision making, problem solving.
• Knowledge of applicable programmatic/technical procedures and specifications; awareness of program contractual processes.
• Skills in effective leadership, innovation, analysis and communications.
• Experience with software implementation project management, planning and deployments in an AGILE environment.
• Experience with managing multiple concurrent projects with different time frames.
• Recent software development experience, ideally in the Embedded and RTOS Market.

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing commercial implementation projects in the Embedded and RTOS Market.
• Any direct experience with QNX.
• Direct experience with implementing a software development organizations’ compliance to 2 of the 7 following quality-related standards:
• ISO 9001
• SEI-CMMI
• IEC 61508
• IEC 62304
• SPICE ISO/IEC 15504
• Common Criteria ISO 15408
• ISO 26262

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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 micro-kernel real-time operating system (RTOS), safety-certified products, middleware, and security solutions, all purpose-built for embedded systems.

We are looking for a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead and manage key safety-certified intelligent edge software products in our portfolio for the automotive and embedded market segments. You need a strong technical background and have recent experience in an automotive or embedded device environment. If you do not have proven embedded software background and a passion for functional safety and security, this position is not for you.

This role includes both product management and product marketing responsibilities. This includes leading products throughout the entire product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing customer and market requirements, defining and evangelizing the product vision, and working closely with engineering and customers on an ongoing basis to deliver winning products.

Responsibilities

• Work with Engineering, Legal, Finance and other groups to lead the BlackBerry QNX functional safety and security product releases from inception to general availability, participating and leading cross-functional initiatives as required
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to perform market and customer needs analysis to develop market opportunity assessments and business model proposals to aid product investment decisions
• Articulate and foster the value proposition for our functional safety and security products and services to customers and key external partners
• Develop sales enablement tools such as white papers, presentations, competitive analysis, and content to support the selling process
• Product launch planning and execution to ensure the products are effectively introduced to the market including a full NPI
• Prime for webinars, tradeshows, customer / prospect meetings and other outbound events

Essential skills and qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical degree or diploma program
• Knowledge and/or experience with one of the following functional safety standards: ISO 26262, IEC 61508, EN 50128 or DO-178C.
• Recent embedded experience with ARM or x86-based embedded device software
• Product management experience for electronic systems and/or other IoT embedded devices
• Minimum of 5 years of full-time embedded software development experience with C, C++
• Proven ability in product management or technical marketing roles

Additional assets:

• Successful record of working and engaging with top-performing engineering talent
• Strong verbal, written, project management, and people skills as well as strong customer service orientation are required
• Ability to successfully engage with automotive and general embedded customers at an engineering and business level.

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*** FUTURE OPPORTUNITY, Anticipated hiring April/May 2024***

Location: Fulltime, onsite Ottawa

Integration/Support Developer (Services Team)

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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 micro-kernel 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, 23 of the top 25 EV manufacturers and is running in more than 195 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.

Job Summary:

The role of the Systems Software Developer is to deliver professional integration services and solutions for all QNX products. In this role you will resolve complex technical issues and use innovative thinking in the development and delivery of solutions for customer issues. The Systems Software Developer acts as a consultative partner providing expertise, analysis and advice to external customers.  The Systems Software Developer will develop and maintain strong working relationships with various internal stakeholders, in order to resolve issues that positively impact the customers experience. 

Key Accountabilities:

Conducts varied trouble shooting and customer service work related to all QNX products (Networking, USB, Kernel, Safety, Security, Hypervisor, Graphics, IDE, tools, etc…).  Documents, supports and resolves consumer inquiries pertaining to QNX products and escalates to the appropriate parties when required.  Collaborates with peers to proactively, and reactively resolve technical issues and demonstrates innovative thinking.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Post-secondary certificate or diploma in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or another related field;
• 1-3+ years customer service experience in related environment;
• An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered;

Technical Requirements

• Must have strong C programming skills;
• Must have excellent interpersonal and customer service skills;
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Knowledge of shell scripting languages, GCC and GDB is considered an asset;       
• Experience working on large projects with high levels of integration would be an asset;
• Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking/innovation, including the ability to identify and analyze technical problems;
• Working knowledge of POSIX/Unix operating system and embedded software development principles;
• Exceptional time management and multi-tasking skills;
• Proven ability to deal with sensitive matters with a degree of diplomacy, tact and confidentiality;
• Hands on experience with embedded systems is an asset;
• Enthusiasm and a desire to learn about new technologies;

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QNX supplies the software used in navigation, entertainment, and digital-instrument-clusters in millions of vehicles around the world including Audi, BMW, Chrysler, GM, Porsche, Toyota, and dozens of others.

The QNX Platform is a complete automotive software stack ranging from low-level embedded, middleware, and application frameworks.  Technologies include Safety certified real-time embedded OS, multimedia, navigation, voice recognition, graphics, application frameworks, and smart phone connectivity. The QNX Test Team is looking for a Software Developer in Test to create and execute tests in order to support customer and internal development activities with focus on the following:

Responsibilities:

• Working with developers to investigate and resolve customer reported problems and provides interim testing support for experimental software
• Creating or updating test plans and test cases based on customer requirements or identified problems
• Running a series of tests against new software loads on customer or reference hardware and analyzes the results
• Creating test reports based on test results for internal and external audiences
• Participating in product reviews, design or enhancement projects in order to share knowledge based on customer experience
• Follows and ensures compliance to workplace operating and environmental, health and safety procedures and guidelines

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Able to discern test requirements from low-level drivers to middleware to user-level applications
• Knowledge of C/C++ is a requirement
• 3-5 years’ experience in software testing
• Working knowledge of Python and shell scripting would be an asset
• Working knowledge of Windows, Linux or OS X operating systems
• Working knowledge of QNX or other embedded operating system
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration build systems such as Jenkins would be an asset
• Familiarity with source versioning, problem reporting and constant integration systems (SVN, Git, JIRA, Jenkins)
• Knowledge of formal test theory, test methodology, and experience in developing automated tests and testing tools
• Able to write clear and concise problem reports
• Familiarity with common processor architectures
• Ability to work and participate in a team setting with an open, collaborative communication style
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills are necessary
• Enthusiasm, a passion for quality and a desire to learn about new technologies is a requirement!

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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 micro-kernel 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, 23 of the top 25 EV manufacturers and is running in more than 195 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.  

Our OS Development Group is seeking a skilled individual for networking development for the QNX operating system. The candidate would directly contribute to the design and implementation of the QNX networking suite. This includes the protocol stack, user utilities and libraries, and possibly drivers. As part of the core operating systems group, the candidate also has the opportunity to participate in kernel and core feature development of QNX’s next-generation real-time operating system. The ideal candidate is an intelligent enthusiastic individual with proven experience in networking and embedded development.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain networking components in an open-development environment.
• Create and document software specifications and designs that address the needs of QNX customers.
• Provide project estimates for requirements, design, implementation, and testing.
• Provide clear communication with development team members, technical leads, and management on project status, risks and approaches.
• Conduct design reviews, code reviews and unit test with technical peers.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve potentially complex problems and inadequacies in existing software technologies.
• Liaises with customers regarding product performance, problems and system design.
• Develop custom software solutions based on customer requirements.

Essential Skills and Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 4+ years of Software Development experience.
• Experience with relevant programming languages (C).
• Knowledge and experience in some of the following; socket APIs, networking stacks, IPv6, network device drivers, network provisioning and debugging, network protocol analysis, firewalls.

Additional Assets: 

• Experience in embedded and real-time systems development.
• Experience with performance, memory, and postmortem analysis.
• Experience with safety systems.
• Knowledge of POSIX based operating system
• .Knowledge of Python.
• Experience in low-level Assembly and register-level programming.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, and interpersonal.
• High degree of motivation and ability to work both independently and in a team.

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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, 23 of the top 25 EV manufacturers and is running in more than 200 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. 

QNX is looking for an Intermediate or Senior embedded software developers and embedded software integrators to work on a variety of projects and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Embedded target side software configuration of BSP, drivers, operating system, graphics, multimedia, and middleware components

• Debugging of software ranging from low-level embedded, graphics, middleware, and applications

• Porting third party C/C++ software to QNX RTOS

• Porting QNX RTOS and middleware technologies to new embedded hardware platforms including Qualcomm, Nvidia, Intel, NXP, and Texas Instruments.

• Merging and maintenance of software across multiple development branches

• Host side target deployment tools and environment

• Analysis of complex system integration issues including boot performance, system stability, and memory optimizations

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent

• Strong C/C++ software development experience

• Experienced in operating systems and real-time embedded systems (software and hardware)

• Experience writing multi-threaded, asynchronous software

• Excellent low-level debugging and problem solving skills

Preferred Experience:

• Experience implementing kernel modules for Linux

• Experience building or configuring Android OS and HAL (not Android application development)

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·         Jenkins configuration

·         Device driver or BSP development

·         Graphics and OpenGL ES development

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Location: On-site Ottawa (Kanata)

BlackBerry® QNX® is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems,

The QNX BSP Team is looking for strong and enthusiastic driver developers to design and implement the next generation computing platforms in automotive.  This person will be part of a development team responsible for creating software drivers to support next-gen hardware peripherals on some of the most advanced hardware platforms available.  You must be someone with ideas and real passion for software delivered to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. This engineer’s work will affect millions of users and be essential to the success of QNX.

Key qualifications

• Have a successful track record of developing drivers for various hardware peripherals including the adaptation of existing drivers for embedded platforms.
• Proven aptitude for BSP development such as board bring up, enhancement of existing software and performance tuning.
• Enthusiastic about developing new driver architectures to support future hardware peripheral advancements.
• Focused on ensuring software is held to our quality standards
• Interested in opportunities to develop software under specialised safety standards such as ISO26262, IEC61508 etc.

Expertise we’re looking for

• Bootloader and board bring up skills such as u-boot/DRAM controller initialization / system clock configuration / GPIO & pinmux)
• Serial driver development for UARTs, i2c, SPI, CAN, input devices, touch controllers etc
• Storage device driver development targeting block storage devices, SD/eMMC, AHCI/SATA or flash technology (NAND/NOR)
• High speed complex communication busses like PCIe, USB or SDIO
• Experience writing drivers for wired and wireless networking interfaces
• Development know-how on power management, DVFS, thermal management, etc
• Domain expertise with security hardware and firmware (TPM, TrustZone, etc.)

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Junior to Senior level of expertise in software development.
• In-depth knowledge of C and Assembly programming languages.
• Hands on development experience using embedded operating systems (QNX, Linux, GreenHills, VXworks preferred)
• Prior experience in driver development is essential
• Experience writing software for major processor architectures (ARM, x86, PPC, etc.)
• Hands on experience in the development of software following either safety standards (ISO26262, IEC61508 etc) or MIL standards would be a stand out skill 

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.

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*** FUTURE OPPORTUNITY, Anticipated hiring March or April, 2024***

Location - On-site Ottawa

QNX supplies the software used in navigation, entertainment, and digital-instrument-clusters in millions of vehicles around the world including Audi, BMW, Chrysler, GM, Porsche, Toyota, and dozens of others. The QNX Vertical Platform products are the foundation to build next generation automotive infotainment systems and safety systems such as autonomous drive targeted at all major OEMs across North America, Europe, and Asia.
The QNX Vertical Platforms are complete, integrated and tested automotive software stacks including low-level embedded OS and drivers, middleware, and application frameworks. The QNX Vertical Platforms are built using QNX Safety certified real-time embedded OS and Safety certified Hypervisor allowing multiple application environments on an integrated high-end chipset. Technologies include multimedia, navigation, voice recognition, graphics, browser, Bluetooth, audio, and smart phone connectivity. The QNX Test Team is looking for a Software Tester to support system level integration, create and execute tests supporting internal development and customer activities with focus on the following:
Responsibilities:
• Hands-on configuration, integration and system test of required combinations of:
o Virtual frameworks (automotive application)
o Target hardware and associated BSPs for silicon partners( ie: Renesas, Intel, NXP, Qualcomm, TI)
o Peripherals for digital displays, GPS/navigation, WiFi/BT, sensors, cameras, speakers, etc.
o Middleware components for multimedia, navigation, voice recognition, graphics, browser, bluetooth, audio, and smart phone connectivity
• Work with concept team to evaluate and prototype new system configurations
• Work with developers to investigate and resolve reported problems and provide interim testing support for experimental software
• Create or update test plans and test cases based on product requirements, customer requirements or identified problems
• Run a series of tests against new software loads on reference or customer hardware and analyzes the results
• Create test reports based on test results for internal and external audiences
• Work with partners to resolve software/ hardware integration issues
• Follow and ensure compliance to workplace operating and environmental, health and safety procedures and guidelines
• Collect and document users' requirements and develop logical and physical specifications
• Research, evaluate and synthesize technical information to design, develop and test computer-based systems
• Develop data, process and network models to optimize architecture and to evaluate the performance and reliability of designs
• Plan, design and co-ordinate the development, installation, integration and operation of computer-based systems
• Assess, test, troubleshoot, document, upgrade and develop maintenance procedures for operating systems, communications environments and applications software
• May lead and co-ordinate teams of information systems professionals in the development of software and integrated information systems, process control software and other embedded software control systems.

Essential Skills and Qualifications:
• Intermediate to Senior level experience in software testing
• Able to discern test requirements from low-level drivers to middleware to user-level applications
• Strong working knowledge of embedded integration concepts such as board bring-up, memory management configurations, binary image configuration and creation, process/thread prioritization, security features such as access control policies, and software component integration.
• Working knowledge of Python, Embedded C and shell scripting
• Working knowledge of Windows, Linux and OS X operating systems
• Working knowledge of QNX or other embedded operating system is an asset
• Familiarity with common processor architectures (i.e. x86/PPC/ARM/ARMv7)
• Familiar with Continuous Integration build systems (Jenkins, Hudson)
• Familiar with source versioning, problem reporting and constant integration systems (SVN, Git, JIRA, Jenkins)
• Able to write clear and concise problem reports
• Ability to work and participate in a team setting with an open, collaborative communication style
• Knowledge of formal test theory, test methodology, and experience in developing automated tests and testing tools
• Excellent communication, presentation, and organizational skills are necessary
• Enthusiasm, a passion for quality and a desire to learn about new technologies is a requirement!

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