Junior C++ Software Engineer/ Embedded Software & Field Tools Developer

Embedded Software & Field Tools Developer

Location: Montréal, QC | Employment: Permanent, full-time

Position Overview

We are seeking a junior software developer to build and maintain RF testing, real-time monitoring, and log analysis tools.
You will develop solutions for product evaluation, validation, and troubleshooting alongside software, hardware/RF, and systems teams.

Key Responsibilities

Software Development

• Develop and maintain tools and core modules primarily in C++, applying sound design and coding practices.
• Build & Maintain TCP socket and HTTP client/server communications between embedded systems and backend services.
• Build interfaces to control and retrieve data from RF lab equipment (power meters, signal generators, spectrum analyzers) using standard protocols.
• Use Python for test automation, integration, and rapid prototyping.

RF Testing

• Develop receiver sensitivity tests, test-model signal generation, and waveform testing.
• Support transmit/receive conformance testing and integrate tools with REST APIs and related services.

Monitoring & Analysis

• Develop real-time product-status monitoring and system-data collection.
• Analyze packet captures for live monitoring and field troubleshooting.
• Combine telemetry and system data for performance evaluation, KPI reporting, debugging, and product validation.
• Analyze offline logs and automate reports on call performance, scanning activity, and registration rates.

Data Integration

• Integrate tools with platforms using message brokers, relational databases, and dashboards.
• Improve geolocation, positioning, and scheduled telemetry pipelines.
• Optimize pipelines through multithreading, error handling, and data schema versioning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on C++ and Python skills and ability to produce production-quality C++.
• Knowledge of TCP socket programming and HTTP client/server communication for hardware/software integration.
• Familiarity with RF testing and lab instruments, including signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and power meters.
• Packet capture and network troubleshooting experience, including Wireshark.
• Familiarity with Git, Linux, and collaborative development.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills in integrated hardware/software environments.
• Bilingual French/English required. Canadian citizenship mandatory, with eligibility for Canadian security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Multithreaded C++: concurrency, thread safety, performance optimization.
• LTE/5G physical layer: receiver sensitivity, test models, waveform testing, power control, predistortion.
• Data engineering: MQTT, Kafka, ETL, PostgreSQL, Grafana, Prometheus.
• Test automation: Pytest, Playwright.
• REST API design and integration.
• Embedded telecommunications software and real-time embedded systems.
• Experience in mission-critical communications, defence, aerospace, or other complex technical environments.

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