Software Developer - Systems Performance

Responsibilities

• Measure system behavior and analyze complex performance bottlenecks across Kernel, Drivers, applications, and UI.
• Architect and implement system-level performance fixes for embedded automotive platforms.
• Design and build on-device and server-side diagnostic tools with automated testing and post-processing.
• Evaluate feature submissions against performance budgets for boot time, latency, and throughput.
• Optimize memory footprint, memory leaks, fragmentation, resource contention, power consumption, thermal behavior, and sleep/wake cycles.
• Build telemetry pipelines and remote logging mechanisms to identify performance regressions in test fleets.
• Collaborate with hardware vendors and silicon partners to use hardware accelerators and improve CPU utilization and throughput.
• Participate in agile scrum development sprints.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of professional experience in embedded C/C++ development.
• At least 3 years of experience programming in Python.
• Hands-on experience with Linux and/or Android internals.
• Experience designing multithreaded embedded systems and applying Real-Time OS concepts.
• Preferred experience with file systems, memory management, CPU scheduling, or kernel configuration optimization.
• Preferred expertise with strace, ftrace, LTTng, Perfetto, or QNX Momentics.
• Preferred experience with In-Vehicle Infotainment, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, Jenkins, Git, and data visualization.
• Candidates must provide proof of degree completion; degrees earned outside Canada require an Education Credential Assessment showing Canadian equivalency.
• Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Canada.

Benefits

• Expected annual base salary is CAD $96,000.00–$146,000.00, with potential eligibility for an annual compensation bonus program.
• Hybrid position; candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub may be required to work onsite four or more days per week.
• Accommodation is available throughout the recruitment, selection, and assessment processes upon request.