Embedded Software Designer - Platform Software
Location: Ottawa, ON (Hybrid)
About this opportunity
As a member of a dynamic development team, the Embedded Software Designer (Platform Software) will be actively involved in designing and developing embedded software for next generation Optical Transport products. In this role, the successful candidate will report to the Sr. Manager, Software Development.
What You’ll Do
- Linux From Scratch (LFS) system maintenance
- Upgrade the Linux kernel to newer versions and port custom out-of-tree patches
- Backport upstream patches to the Linux kernel as needed to support the existing user space
- Maintain existing Linux kernel drivers and add new features as needed
- Upgrade Buildroot to newer versions and port custom patches
- Maintain existing system start-up shell scripts and add new features as needed
- Integrate 3rd party vendor libraries into the LFS system
- Work with FPGA designers to add SW support for new features and debug existing features
- New board bring-up support
- Configure/build/rebuild early boot firmware as needed
- Customize the U-Boot and Linux kernel configuration as needed
- Create/adapt Device Tree configurations as needed
- Support the HW team in running low-level commands in U-Boot and Linux, and loading experimental SW builds
- Support the HW team in debugging hardware issues closely related to low-level software
- Toolchain support (based on crosstool-ng)
- Maintain existing toolchains and upgrade to newer versions as needed
- Add new toolchains (for new platforms) as needed