About the opportunity:

Christie’s LED Display Engineering Team is looking for an Embedded Software Developer to provide development and systems integration for our next-generation Christie LED product development. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to design, develop and maintain state-of-the-art LED display systems as well as the application tool sets used for calibration, setup and diagnostics. This role is critical to delivering robust solutions and supporting upgrades across our hardware and software platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Development of embedded C++ software on a Linux embedded platform for system control and LED management.
• Maintain and support number of display devices from a common code base.
• Hardware device driver development.
• Integrating software components and ensuring they work seamlessly with the hardware by identifying and resolving software defects.
• Network control of equipment over TCP and UDP IP sockets.
• Application development to aid in diagnosing equipment in field and analyzing data post-mortem.
• Work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of software, hardware and FPGA developers.

Location: hybrid position based in Kitchener, ON

What we’re offering

A competitive salary, vacation, health & dental benefits and employer-matched pension plan. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow, and collaborate with professionals on a global reach. Whether you’re working with the leading minds in the industry on high-profile projects, with internal teams to support continuous improvement, or with our customers to inspire and delight—your contributions will make a difference.

The experience and skills we value:

• A degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Proficient in C++ with solid object-oriented design skills
• Familiarity with debugging tools and techniques for embedded systems
• Experience with hardware testing equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers

What will put you ahead:

• Experience with Xilinx/AMD SOC toolchains
• Experience with FPGA/SW integration and hardware communication protocols (I2C, SPI, TCP/IP, UDP)
• Knowledge and experience with video standards and interfaces such as HDMI, DisplayPort, and SDI
• Multi-threaded development knowledge
• Experience reading schematics and data sheets
• Linux platforms bring-up (leveraging Board Support Packages on SOC designs, Linux Devicetree)
• Experience using Git for source version control