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The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions, and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. With a focus on reducing hardware dependency and increasing efficiency, QNX empowers organizations to unlock new possibilities in areas like high-performance computing at the edge, standards-based virtualization technologies, and cloud enablement. QNX® technology has been deployed in the world’s most critical embedded systems, including more than 275 million vehicles on the road today. QNX® software is trusted across industries including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defense.\nAre you the person we are looking for?\nWe're expanding our Product Cybersecurity team and looking for passionate security researchers who love understanding how software fails, uncovering hidden vulnerabilities, and pushing offensive security techniques to the next level. If you're the type of person who can't resist digging deeper into a crash dump, writing custom fuzzing harnesses, reversing software to understand its inner workings, or using AI to uncover attack paths others miss, we'd love to talk to you.\nWhat You'll Do:\nHunt for vulnerabilities across QNX products and embedded software components before attackers find them\nPerform penetration testing and offensive security assessments against real-world embedded platforms\nDesign, develop, and execute large-scale fuzzing campaigns to uncover memory corruption defects, logic flaws, and emerging vulnerability classes\nInvestigate crashes and software defects to determine exploitability and security impact\nConduct root-cause analysis and exploit development to understand and demonstrate real-world attack scenarios\nLeverage AI/ML-assisted techniques to accelerate vulnerability discovery and improve security analysis workflows\nBuild and evolve automated security testing frameworks, fuzzers, scanners, and exploit validation pipelines\nCollaborate closely with engineering teams to reproduce, triage, and remediate vulnerabilities\nContribute tools, methodologies, and research that strengthen our overall security posture\nStay at the forefront of emerging threats and vulnerability research affecting modern embedded operating systems\nWhat We're Looking For:\nHands-on experience in vulnerability research, penetration testing, exploit development, or offensive security\nPractical experience with fuzzing frameworks such as AFL, libFuzzer, or similar technologies\nStrong understanding of low-level software internals including memory management, process isolation, POSIX APIs, concurrency, and embedded systems concepts\nFamiliarity with common vulnerability classes such as:\nUse-after-free\nHeap corruption\nBuffer overflows\nRace conditions\nPrivilege escalation\nLogic vulnerabilities\nStrong programming skills in C, C++, and Python\nExperience developing automation and tooling for security testing or vulnerability discovery\nA passion for investigating complex systems and finding weaknesses others overlook\nThe ability to independently drive research initiatives from concept through discovery and validation\nBonus Points If You Have:\nExperience applying AI or machine learning techniques to security research or vulnerability detection\nKnowledge of automotive cybersecurity, embedded systems, or QNX-based platforms\nFamiliarity with ISO/SAE 21434 or secure software development practices\nReverse engineering experience using tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or similar frameworks\nExperience working with operating systems, kernels, drivers, or low-level system software\nWhy You’ll Love This Role:\nThis is an opportunity to spend your time exploring, researching, breaking, and improving the security of software that runs some of the most important systems in the world. You'll have the freedom to:\nPursue challenging security research questions\nBuild new tools and automation frameworks\nExperiment with emerging AI-assisted security techniques\nInfluence the security of products deployed at massive scale\nCollaborate with world-class embedded engineers and security researchers\nTurn curiosity into real-world impact\nScheduled Weekly Hours:\n40Compensation Hiring Base Salary Range:\n$108,750.00 - $158,750.00Please 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.\nBonus:\nThe 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:\nThe BlackBerry Employee Benefits programs offer a wide range of benefits that support your physical, financial and personal well-being. BlackBerry remains committed to offering affordable benefits including coverage for medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, retirement, employee share purchase program and paid-time-off to those that meet the eligibility requirements.Disclosure of Position Status:\nThis is an active opening. We are seeking to fill this position immediatelyDisclosure of Artificial Intelligence:\nWe do not use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants at any stage of our recruitment process. 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