Application Engineer
QNX is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems and development tools, focusing on enhancing technology-driven industries. As an Application Engineer, you will collaborate with Sales and Engineering to support customers in building mission-critical systems, creating technical assets, and resolving system-level challenges.
Responsibilities
- Own and build customer-facing technical assets—including demo systems, technical presentations, quick-start guides, application notes, and hands‑on evaluation workflows
- Partner with Sales to provide embedded and system-level expertise across the entire customer journey: discovery, evaluation, PoC, and adoption
- Debug real system issues across OS, middleware, BSPs, networking stacks, tools, and application layers—applying deep system-level reasoning
- Run benchmarks and performance investigations, document findings, and recommend optimizations that influence customer designs
- Act as the connective tissue between Field Application Engineering, Product Management, R&D, and Engineering Services—bringing real customer insights into the product roadmap
- Support hardware demo environments, ensuring platforms are properly configured, validated, and ready for customer engagements
Skills
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field—or equivalent practical, embedded-focused experience
- Hands‑on experience with embedded systems through internships, co‑ops, academic projects, or early-career roles
- Strong programming skills in C and/or C++, ideally with exposure to low-level or real-time concepts
- Experience working in Linux development environments (toolchains, command line, debugging tools, build systems)
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to create clear, polished technical documentation and presentations for engineers and non‑engineers alike
Benefits
- Coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement
- Employee share purchase program
- Paid-time-off
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