C++ Software Engineer

Brampton, ON
Hybrid
Posted Oct 20, 2026
1 position

$120,000–$140,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Apply by: Nov 11, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Design, implement, maintain, and test modular, efficient safety-critical real-time flight software and embedded applications, while documenting designs and collaborating with systems, control, and electrical engineering teams. Lead complex subsystem work, review teammates’ work, mentor junior team members, support task estimation, and help establish and enforce engineering standards.

Job details

Aversan Inc. () is a trusted multi-service engineering and electronics manufacturing company. Aversan delivers leading-edge and reliable safety-critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace, defence, and space industries. We are currently seeking a qualified Embedded Software Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be instrumental in using your skill and experience as part of a team to design, implement, maintain, and test safety critical, real-time flight software solutions that are modular, extendable, testable, and efficient. You will lead difficult and complicated subsystem designs and implementations to help to grow the skills of more junior teammates through mentoring and coaching. Location: Brampton, Ontario Working Arrangement: Hybrid Responsibilities Design, implement, and test embedded applications. Ensure designs are documented and well communicated. Collaborate with other engineering disciplines (systems, control, electrical) to develop requirements/solutions. Review the work of teammates. Elicit requirements from various stakeholders/documents. Mentor and grow the skills of more junior team members via conversations, review of work products, explanation of design tradeoffs, etc. Support/Lead estimation efforts for new tasks. Collaborate with other seniors and management on the establishment, evolution, and enforcement of standards for coding, tools/environments, processes, etc. Other duties as well as being assigned from time to time by management or a team lead. Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s or Graduate degree in Software, Computer, or Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. Strong experience in C++ software development Solutions implemented on bare metal. Proven ability to design and implement embedded software. Hands on experience with one or more of the following: FPGAs, RAM, ROM, Flash and Microcontrollers. Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS) Object oriented programming. Communications interfaces (SPI, EtherCAT, CANOpen, etc. Please Note Interested applicants must apply directly to this link to be considered for this position: The name of the file for the resume should be the applicant’s full name and the position title you are applying for. The resume format should be PDF. Compensation: $120,000 – $140,000 CAD (annual salary) The base salary or rate offered to an applicant within this range is determined by considering several factors, including the individual's geographic location, skills, competencies, and unique qualifications. This ensures compensation is fair and aligned with the specific requirements and attributes of each candidate. Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy. AI in Hiring: We use AI tools to assist with application management (e.g., organizing submissions and surfacing potentially relevant qualifications). AI is not used to make hiring decisions. All decisions are made by our hiring managers and recruitment team. Our use of AI is governed by security and privacy risk assessments aligned with our cybersecurity framework.

What you’ll do

Requirements

A bachelor’s or graduate degree in software, computer, or electrical engineering, or computer science, is required, along with strong C++ development experience and demonstrated ability to design and implement embedded software. Candidates should have experience with bare-metal solutions, real-time operating systems, object-oriented programming, and one or more of FPGAs, memory technologies, microcontrollers, or communications interfaces such as SPI, EtherCAT, and CANOpen.