Jr. Embedded BSP SW Engineer

Ottawa, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 8, 2026
1 position

$54,133–$100,533 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Entry, Junior · 0+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

You will design and develop board support and device driver software while collaborating with hardware, FPGA, and factory test teams. Additionally, you will support hardware validation during development and assist customer management teams in resolving field-found issues.

Job details

The IP Routing division leads the industry with the best Network Processor technology (FP5), QoS, parallel processing, Network Function Virtualization, and product quality. Products cover the spectrum from small CPE-devices supporting a few low-speed Ethernet links to carrier-class and datacenter-class systems supporting terabits of routing capacity. Our world-leading technology enables us to offer customers 800GE and 1.6T links with unparalleled routing features. RESPONSIBILITIES As part of the team, you will: * Design and develop board support and device driver software in collaboration with software, hardware, FPGA, and factory test teams * Test hardware during development and fix all issues prior to product release * Follow group development processes and procedures to ensure code adheres to group guidelines * Work cooperatively with Operations team to implement production test programs and procedures * Support customer management teams in resolving field-found problems QUALIFICATIONS You have: * Minimum B.Sc or B.Eng in Electrical or Computer Engineering * Experience in C/C++ in an x86 embedded processor environment using collaborative s/w development tools * Experience with Linux OS, and x86 BIOS/UEFI would be an asset * Ability to read hardware schematics and perform digital circuit analysis * Knowledge of assembly language programming is desirable * Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, comfortable and confident explaining problems to both h/w and s/w teams Some of our benefits in Canada [https://www.nokia.com/careers/our-locations/canada/]: * Corporate Retirement Savings Plan * Health and dental benefits * Short-term disability, and long-term disability * Life insurance, and AD&D – Company paid 2x base pay * Optional or Supplemental life and AD&D insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child) * Paid time off for holidays and Vacation * Employee Stock Purchase Plan * Tuition Assistance Plan * Adoption assistance * Employee Assistance Program/Work Life Resource Program The above benefits exclude students. Disclaimer for US/Canada Nokia Maintains broad annual base salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, and with consideration to internal peer equity. Check the salary ranges in the job info section for this role. All North America job posts will post for a minimum of 7 calendar days and up to 180 days or until candidate/s identified.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering and possess experience with C/C++ in an x86 embedded environment. Proficiency in reading hardware schematics and knowledge of Linux OS or BIOS/UEFI is also required.