Embedded Software Engineer
About The Position
Evertz is looking for an Embedded Software Engineer to join the Markham Engineering team. This role is responsible for the design and development of new video routing and Video centric IP switching products, as well as adapting or extending existing products. The engineer will focus on Linux-based platforms and collaborate with various internal groups to define hardware/software interfaces, review schematics, and perform board-level integration and troubleshooting. The position involves developing and maintaining real-time software components, integrating RTOS concepts alongside embedded Linux where timing-critical behavior is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Or Equivalent experience
- Strong proficiency in C and C++
- Understanding of memory management, multithreading, synchronization primitives, and inter-process communication (IPC) in an embedded Linux context
- Minimum 2–5 years of hands-on experience in embedded software development
- Comfortable working day-to-day in a Linux command-line environment as a primary development platform (no GUI dependency)
- Proficient with Bash scripting for task automation, build scripting, log parsing, and development tooling
- Experienced with standard Linux utilities and command-line tools: grep, awk, sed, find, make, tar, ssh, scp, rsync, and similar
- Familiar with Linux process management and monitoring tools: ps, top, htop, strace, lsof, dmesg.
- Able to use gdb and related tools for debugging applications on Linux targets
- Experience using git/svn from the command line, including branching, rebasing, cherry-picking, and resolving merge conflicts
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of video/audio signal processing concepts relevant to broadcast SDI/TDM/MADI
- Understanding of data communications fundamentals, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, VLAN, multicast).
- Familiarity with broadcast industry networking standards such as ST 2022, ST 2110, NMOS, or PTP/IEEE 1588
- Familiarity with Open Telemetry (OTel) for instrumentation, observability, and diagnostics in embedded or systems software; experience collecting and exporting telemetry data (traces, metrics, and logs) from Linux-based applications to backends
- Familiarity with graphics rendering on embedded Linux platforms, including experience with OpenGL ES, Vulkan, or similar APIs; exposure to GPU-accelerated rendering pipelines and direct framebuffer management using DRM/KMS is an asset. Experience with GPU-accelerated rendering in headless or resource-constrained embedded environments is a plus
- Experience with FPGA development or familiarity with HDL (VHDL/Verilog)
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain embedded software and firmware for Evertz broadcast/ip routing or switching products, with a primary focus on Linux-based platforms
- Collaborate with various internal groups to define hardware/software interfaces, review schematics, and perform board-level integration and troubleshooting
- Develop and maintain real-time software components, integrating RTOS concepts alongside embedded Linux where timing-critical behavior is required
Benefits
- Employer funded benefits program
- Competitive total compensation package
- Work-Life Balance
- Employee assistance plan
- Employee Discount Platform
- Career Progression
- Casual Work Environment
- Social Events and Sports Teams
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
