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QNX Senior Security Researcher
Ottawa, Ontario · Senior · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$109k-$159kDetected 15 days ago
PythonC++Machine LearningCybersecurityPenetration TestingEmbedded SystemsRoboticsMedical DevicesResearch
About the role
- Worker Sub-Type: Regular Job Description: QNX enhances the human experience and amplifies technology-driven industries, providing a trusted foundation for software-defined businesses to thrive.
- QNX® software is trusted across industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defense.
Responsibilities
- Perform penetration testing and offensive security assessments against real-world embedded platforms
- Design, develop, and execute large-scale fuzzing campaigns to uncover memory corruption defects, logic flaws, and emerging vulnerability classes
- Build and evolve automated security testing frameworks, fuzzers, scanners, and exploit validation pipelines
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to reproduce, triage, and remediate vulnerabilities
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in vulnerability research, penetration testing, exploit development, or offensive security
- Practical experience with fuzzing frameworks such as AFL, libFuzzer, or similar technologies
- Strong understanding of low-level software internals including memory management, process isolation, POSIX APIs, concurrency, and embedded systems concepts
- Familiarity with common vulnerability classes such as:
Nice to have
- Knowledge of automotive cybersecurity, embedded systems, or QNX-based platforms
- Familiarity with ISO/SAE 21434 or secure software development practices
- Reverse engineering experience using tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or similar frameworks
- Experience working with operating systems, kernels, drivers, or low-level system software
Skills
- QNX® technology has been deployed in the world's most critical embedded systems, including more than 275 million vehicles on the road today.
- Pursue challenging security research questions
- Build new tools and automation frameworks
- Experiment with emerging AI-assisted security techniques
- Influence the security of products deployed at massive scale
- Collaborate with world-class embedded engineers and security researchers
- Turn curiosity into real-world impact
Compensation
- $108,750.00 - $158,750.00
- Please be advised that the compensation hiring range indicated herein is provided solely as a good-faith estimate of expected base compensation for the position.
- The actual compensation offered will be determined at the time of hire and is contingent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, demonstrated skills, and results of assessments conducted during the hiring process.
- The BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program is an organization-wide bonus incentive program which aims to reward full-time eligible employees for their contribution to BlackBerry's success.
- VIP payments are made in addition to base salary and factor in company's performance as a way for employees to share in BlackBerry's achievements.
Benefits
- The BlackBerry Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) program is an organization-wide bonus incentive program which aims to reward full-time eligible employees for their contribution to BlackBerry's success.
Company info
- This is an active opening.
- We are seeking to fill this position immediately
- What We're Looking For:
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