QNX Technical Open Source Development Manager

QNX enhances the human experience and amplifies technology-driven industries, providing a trusted foundation for software-defined businesses to thrive. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. With a focus on reducing hardware dependency and increasing efficiency, QNX empowers organizations to unlock new possibilities in areas like high-performance computing at the edge, standards-based virtualization technologies, and cloud enablement. QNX® technology has been deployed in the world’s most critical embedded systems, including more than 275 million vehicles on the road today. QNX® software is trusted across industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defense.

If you’re passionate about open ecosystems, upstream collaboration, and bringing modern open‑source technologies into places they’ve never been before, this role gives you a rare opportunity: shaping how open-source runs on one of the world’s most trusted real‑time operating systems.  This is a 50/50 hybrid role: half deep technical contribution and half leadership.

At QNX, open source isn’t an afterthought, it’s becoming a core pillar of our platform strategy. You’ll help define how open source evolves inside a safety‑critical, high‑reliability environment used in automotive, robotics, medical devices, and beyond.

• →Porting & optimizing open‑source projects for the QNX RTOS, ensuring performance, reliability, and real‑time behavior.
• →Designing integration layers, build systems, and CI/CD workflows for open‑source components.
• →Integrating OSS with QNX subsystems such as graphics, networking, USB, audio, and sensors.
• →Upstreaming QNX‑relevant changes and collaborate directly with open‑source communities.
• →Leading & mentoring a team of talented open‑source engineers, providing technical direction and fostering growth.
• →Driving project roadmaps, define best practices, and champion open‑source adoption within QNX.
• →Documenting processes & advocating for open‑source excellence across the company.

• Significant progressive embedded software experience, including in technical leadership/mentorship.
• Strong skills in C/C++ for embedded systems development & hands‑on RTOS development (QNX, Linux, or similar).
• Proven contributions to large open‑source projects.
• Deep understanding of embedded systems, hardware architectures, and cross‑compilation tool chains.
• Proficiency with Git, GDB, GCC, Make/CMake.
• Familiarity with open‑source licensing models & best practices relating to community engagement.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.  You will have the proven ability to lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering growth and accountability.
• Curiosity, enthusiasm, and interest in new technologies.

• Linux or Android internals experience.
• Experience in device driver development.
• Strong GCC/GDB knowledge.
• Experience with Agentic AI.

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