Job description

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Job Description:

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. 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.

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 255 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.

The QNX Build Team is seeking a motivated and talented individual to join our dynamic team in the role of Build Specialist.

The QNX Build team supports the broader QNX developer community by maximizing the effectiveness of the company's build infrastructure. Our automation, packaging, and maintenance forms the basis for continuous stability and improvement of QNX products, including the QNX real-time operating system.

As a member of our team, you will contribute to the management of the build infrastructure, development of build processes, support of continuous integration techniques, and handle configuration management for a suite of continuously evolving QNX products.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include:

Drive the evolution of our CI/CD infrastructure and software delivery platform, with a focus on developing and managing QNX’s tool-based process (code build, packaging, release automation, etc.)
Develop tooling (in Python, Groovy, Bash and a variety of other languages) to automate building software (particularly C/C++)
Write and configure pipelines to automate QNX build and packaging processes using Jenkins and Gitlab.
Interact with developers and project managers to understand build requirements and define product deliverables
Maintain build team infrastructure using IaC approaches and perform system administration tasks
Provide build support to other members of the company

You will have:

Experience with a variety of scripting and programming languages (Python, Groovy, Bash, C, C++)
Experience with automated build systems such as Jenkins and Gitlab pipelines.
Experience with virtualization and cloud technologies such as Docker, ProxMox, Openstack, AWS.
Experience with system administration on Linux
Familiar with GNU make and make files
Familiar with version control and source configuration (branching, merging, tagging) in Git and Subversion
Good verbal and written communications skills
High degree of motivation and ability to work both independently and in a team environment
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
Enthusiasm and a desire to learn about new technologies
A love for automating tasks, deployments, and builds

It's great if you have any of the following: