Embedded Systems Developer

Location: Montreal, Canada

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Montreal – a world leading AI hub, is home to new Centre of Research & Technology in Artificial Intelligence eXpertise (cortAIx) collaborating with leading Canadian AI research groups in Montreal and Toronto. With competencies in major industrial markets Thales is bringing artificial intelligence to life for our customers creating exciting jobs for AI researchers and developers who will create solutions that will transform our world from the bottom of oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace. As an early adopter of open, creative and collaborative innovation model, Thales is building the Centre of Research and Technology in Artificial Intelligence eXpertise (cortAIx). Led by Thales, cortAIx, the IVADO (Institute of Data Valorization) and the Vector Institute of Toronto, is located in Montreal’s famous Little Italy, in the heart of Montreal’s innovation community.

Embedded Systems Developer *Montreal, QC (On-Site) Full-Time*

Working as a Senior Embedded Systems Developer at Thales Digital Solutions, you will be paired with a dynamic and growing team composed of engineers and scientists with diverse knowledge and skills. Our team specializes in building multi-agent autonomous drone systems.

Our mandate is to build multi-agent autonomous systems embedded on various platforms, including aerial drones, floating, or underwater platforms. We ensure the protection of our clients' critical infrastructures and the Canadian territory. We therefore have a concrete and real impact on the security of these critical systems.

As an Embedded Systems Developer at Thales Digital Solutions:

• As an Embedded Systems Developer, you will be responsible for developing, testing, and delivering software that can be deployed on embedded systems or communicate with embedded systems in collaboration with clients;
• Work closely with multidisciplinary, dynamic, and growing teams specializing in creating intelligent agents and an embedded intelligent agents framework;
• As an Embedded Systems Developer, you will have a concrete impact on our ability to deploy AI-based algorithms on "Low SWAP" platforms.

Essential Functions

• Perform functional and performance testing in simulated environments and field trials;
• Document and effectively communicate the results of the tests performed;
• Develop tools to communicate with or analyze the behavior of embedded systems;
• Participate in the smooth running of activities within an Agile team (Sprint Planning, Daily Meeting, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective);
• Perform all of these tasks in accordance with the team's best practices.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or higher) in Information Technology or any other relevant and related field;
• The candidate should have at least 5 years of relevant experience;
• Very good knowledge of C++
• Very good knowledge of executing code in a real-time environment
• Very good knowledge of Linux
• Good knowledge of Python and its ecosystem
• Very good understanding of the challenges related to deploying artificial intelligence on robotic platforms
• Good knowledge of ROS2 or an equivalent framework
• Good mastery of spoken and written French.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in IoT and multi-agent systems is an asset;
• Knowledge of Rust is an asset;
• Experience in Data storage (SQL, NoSQL, and others);
• Having intellectual curiosity, a taste for learning and diversifying is essential;
• Having teamwork skills, listening, and fostering collective intelligence is essential.
• Having experience with Agile development methods (scrum,...)
• A keen sense of code quality and good programming and architecture practices is desired;
• Having experience with Agile development methods (Scrum, Kanban) is an asset;
• Having an interest in embedded systems;
• Having intellectual curiosity, a taste for learning and diversifying;
• Having teamwork skills and fostering collective intelligence;
• Having a good sense of professional ethics is essential.
• Good mastery of spoken and written English.

*This position requires good knowledge of English for the writing of technical documents, to interact, support and/or provide services to international clients, employees and/or partners as well as to foreign government authorities who do not speak French.*

Thales Proposes An Extensive Benefits Program To All Full-Time Employees Working 24 Hours Or More Per Week And To Their Eligible Dependents, Including

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on insurance (home, and auto).

Benefits

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 24 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on insurance (home, and auto).

Thales is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Thales is committed to implementing accommodation measures throughout the recruitment process. Candidates selected for an interview and requiring accommodation measures are asked to let us know during the interview invitation; our team will be happy to work with each candidate to meet their specific needs. All information regarding accommodation measures will be treated confidentially and used only within the recruitment process.