Careers

Who we are

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Automotive Data Solutions Inc. (ADS) is an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality interface solutions that enhance the vehicle’s factory experience. ADS’ award-winning iDatastart remote start and iDatalink Maestro audio interface products are sold and installed through a network of authorized dealers across America, Europe and Russia. For more information about ADS products and private label services, visit www.adsdata.ca.

About the work

As part of its expansion plan, ADS is searching for an Embedded Software Developer to join its talented and dynamic Engineering team. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the ideal candidate will fulfil the following responsibilities:

• Bring innovative solutions towards the development of our products
• Develop specialized microcontroller libraries for various products
• Test results in various scenarios to ensure their viability
• Submit a solution that will be used towards a final product

The must haves

• A diploma in Electrical Engineering
• 2 years of experience in designing electronic products
• Extended knowledge of microcontrollers architecture and workings
• Practical experience with development of products that use microcontrollers
• Practical experience with C
• Practical experience with Python
• Design of electronic circuits
• Must be proficient in both English and French

The nice to haves

• Being a member of the OIQ
• Knowledge of C#
• Experience with digital signal analyser and oscilloscope
• Experience with GIT

What ADS Offers

• Equal opportunity employment
• Competitive compensation
• A stimulating work environment with flexible schedules
• Relevant work experience with an industry leader
• Modern facilities located steps away from De la Savane Metro station and Highways 40 & 15
• On-site free parking
• Low-cost lunch prepared by on-site chef

Apply Now

If you’re interested in this opportunity, we’d like to hear from you! Send us your resume at careers@adsdata.ca and be sure to include ‘Embedded Software Developer ‘ in the email subject field.

Who are we?

Automotive Data Solutions Inc. is a technology company specialized in the development and marketing of aftermarket automotive electronics. Headquartered in beautiful Montreal, Canada, we create innovative interfaces to help integrate remote starters, radios, amplifiers and other third-party devices seamlessly with today’s modern cars. Our focus is on building universal, flexible hardware and delivering vehicle-specific software using a suite of proprietary tools developed in-house by our software and electrical engineering teams.

The Job: Software Developer, Back-end

In that role, you’ll have a critical impact on the development of our web applications and services. You’ll write clean maintainable code and tests, introduce new best practices and architectures, develop RESTful APIs and collaborate with our electronics developers on products integration. You’ll own your service through its lifecycle, building and releasing it. Quality, usability, reliability and experimentation are important to us, and will be the guiding principles behind your work.

Who are we looking for?

If you are passionate about API development, love complex problems, microservices, and delivering elegant and reusable code, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! We are looking for an individual that is resourceful and self-driven, that loves learning and sharing their findings.
The perfect candidate would have:

• 3 years of experience in software development
• Built web applications in PHP, Python, Node JS or Golang and published them online
• A diploma in software engineering or computer science (or any equivalent combination of experience and education)
• Proficiency in both English and French
• Experience in Agile environment and with git
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL
• Experience using NoSQL databases or using message queue brokers is an asset
• Experience developing HTML, CSS and client-side javascript is an asset
• Familiarity with automated tests, continuous integration, third-party libraries and dependencies (composer packages, npm modules, etc)
• Even if you are not 100% qualified for the position, we’d love to hear from you, apply anyway! You could be the right person for the job.

We believe in taking chances, making mistakes, and learning from them. Your team mates will have your back. We want to give our teams the best chances to succeed: our developers are equipped with new Macbook Pros and are sent to conferences yearly.

So what’s it like working at ADS?

At ADS, we promote a healthy work-life balance and put people first. Our office is located minutes walk away from De La Savane metro station and we offer free first-come-first-served parking to all employees. All employees have no-questions-asked paid personal days in case of illness or to handle personal matters. Not an early riser? We offer flexible work schedules. You want to work remotely at home or at the cottage? No problem!

Fun is also part of the ADS DNA. We pride ourselves in creating an easy-going and rewarding work environment with free team activities, such as karting, bowling, escape rooms, summer BBQs and video game tournaments. You can enjoy delicious subsidized chef-prepared meals daily and free fruits and snacks. And who needs Starbucks when you can treat yourself to a delicious espresso-style coffee, tea and hot-chocolate every day (of course, totally free). And dress code? Laid back and casual.

At ADS, we believe in diversity. Our team is composed of people with different linguistic and ethnic backgrounds, diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. We are also focused on personal and professional growth. Many of our team members have atypical professional progressions, and we are extremely proud of their contribution.
 

Looking for a unique opportunity to join the fast paced and exciting audio team at Automotive Data Solutions? We are ready to take our award-winning interface products for car audio to the next level and need you to play a pivotal role!

We offer a creative, energetic workplace and need your skills to engineer a groundbreaking new product to push the iDatalink Maestro brand into even more cars than ever before.

Requirements:

A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field.

At least 5 years of experience in embedded systems design with at least 3 years of development in an embedded Linux environment, preferably in an automotive application.

A thorough, in-depth knowledge of developing device drivers, libraries, and applications for embedded Linux on various chipset platforms.

Ability to self-manage, multi-task, and keep track of simultaneous ongoing projects.

Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with peers and work cooperatively with management.

Experienced in architectural design, drafting requirements, resource allocation, project planning and scheduling and managing sub-contractors.

Experienced in a product release cycle: development, verification, testing, validation, deployment and quality assurance.

Strong problem solving and trouble shooting skills.

Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Maintain a high bar for product quality, safety, and user experience.

Knowledge of multi-core, multi-processor architectures, real-time systems, multi-threading, digital electronics, audio and video processing, streaming protocols for audio and video.

Knowledge of best programming techniques and mastery of C and C++ for embedded systems.

Knowledge of various communication protocols TCP/IP, UDP, WiFi, BLE, RS-232.

Experience with development environments and diagnostic, debugging tools and lab test equipment.

Experience with a versioning system like GIT.

Experience with standard hardware interfaces (USB, UART, SPI, I2C).

Who are we?

Automotive Data Solutions Inc. is a technology company specialized in the development and marketing of aftermarket automotive electronics. Headquartered in beautiful Montreal, Canada, we create innovative interfaces to help integrate remote starters, radios, amplifiers and other third-party devices seamlessly with today’s modern cars. Our focus is on building universal, flexible hardware and delivering vehicle-specific software using a suite of proprietary tools developed in-house by our software and electrical engineering teams. Simply put, we build products that work in cars. Hardware and a lot of software.

The Job: Software Developer, iOS

In that role, you’ll have a critical impact on the development of our mobile applications and products. You’ll write clean maintainable code and tests, introduce new best practices and architectures, develop exquisite UIs with our amazing designers and collaborate with our hardware engineers on product development. Quality, usability, reliability and experimentation are important to us, and will be the guiding principles behind your work.

Who are we looking for?

If you are passionate about mobile application development, love complex problems, well crafted UIs, and delivering elegant and reusable code, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! We are looking for an individual that is resourceful and self-driven, that loves learning and sharing their findings. The perfect candidate would have:

• 3 years of experience in software development
• Built a native app with Swift (or Objective-C) and published it on the Apple App Store
• A diploma in software engineering or computer science (or any equivalent combination of experience and education)
• Proficiency in both English and French
• Experience in Agile environment and with git
• Experience with third-party libraries and dependencies (CocoaPods)
• Familiarity with automated tests and continuous integration
• Even if you are not 100% qualified for the position, we’d love to hear from you, apply anyway! You could be the right person for the job.

We believe in taking chances, making mistakes, and learning from them. Your team mates will have your back. We want to give our teams the best chances to succeed: our developers are equipped with new Macbook Pros and are sent to conferences yearly.

So what’s it like working at ADS?

At ADS, we promote a healthy work-life balance and put people first. Our office is located minutes walk away from De La Savane metro station and we offer free first-come-first-served parking to all employees. All employees have no-questions-asked paid personal days in case of illness or to handle personal matters. Not an early riser? We offer flexible work schedules. You want to work remotely at home or at the cottage? No problem!

Fun is also part of the ADS DNA. We pride ourselves in creating an easy-going and rewarding work environment with free team activities, such as karting, bowling, escape rooms, summer BBQs and video game tournaments. You can enjoy delicious subsidized chef-prepared meals daily and free fruits and snacks. And who needs Starbucks when you can treat yourself to a delicious espresso-style coffee, tea and hot-chocolate every day (of course, totally free). And dress code? Laid back and casual.

At ADS, we believe in diversity. Our team is composed of people with different linguistic and ethnic backgrounds, diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. We are also focused on personal and professional growth. Many of our team members have atypical professional progressions, and we are extremely proud of their contribution.

Who are we?

Automotive Data Solutions Inc. is a technology company specialized in the development and marketing of aftermarket automotive electronics. Headquartered in beautiful Montreal, Canada, we create innovative interfaces to help integrate remote starters, radios, amplifiers and other third-party devices seamlessly with today’s modern cars. Our focus is on building universal, flexible hardware and delivering vehicle-specific software using a suite of proprietary tools developed in-house by our software and electrical engineering teams. Simply put, we build products that work in cars. Hardware and a lot of software.

The Job: Software Developer, Android

In that role, you’ll have a critical impact on the development of our mobile applications and products. You’ll write clean maintainable code and tests, introduce new best practices and architectures, develop exquisite UIs with our amazing designers and collaborate with our hardware engineers on product development. Quality, usability, reliability and experimentation are important to us, and will be the guiding principles behind your work.

Who are we looking for?

If you are passionate about mobile application development, love complex problems, well crafted UIs, and delivering elegant and reusable code, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! We are looking for an individual that is resourceful and self-driven, that loves learning and sharing their findings. The perfect candidate would have:

• 3 years of experience in software development
• Built an app with Android SDK and Kotlin (or Java) and published it on the Google Play Store
• A diploma in software engineering or computer science (or any equivalent combination of experience and education)
• Proficiency in both English and French
• Experience in Agile environment and with git
• Experience with third-party libraries and dependencies
• Familiarity with automated tests and continuous integration
• Even if you are not 100% qualified for the position, we’d love to hear from you, apply anyway! You could be the right person for the job.

We believe in taking chances, making mistakes, and learning from them. Your team mates will have your back. We want to give our teams the best chances to succeed: our developers are equipped with new Macbook Pros and are sent to conferences yearly.

So what’s it like working at ADS?

At ADS, we promote a healthy work-life balance and put people first. Our office is located minutes walk away from De La Savane metro station and we offer free first-come-first-served parking to all employees. All employees have no-questions-asked paid personal days in case of illness or to handle personal matters. Not an early riser? We offer flexible work schedules. You want to work remotely at home or at the cottage? No problem!

Fun is also part of the ADS DNA. We pride ourselves in creating an easy-going and rewarding work environment with free team activities, such as karting, bowling, escape rooms, summer BBQs and video game tournaments. You can enjoy delicious subsidized chef-prepared meals daily and free fruits and snacks. And who needs Starbucks when you can treat yourself to a delicious espresso-style coffee, tea and hot-chocolate every day (of course, totally free). And dress code? Laid back and casual.

At ADS, we believe in diversity. Our team is composed of people with different linguistic and ethnic backgrounds, diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. We are also focused on personal and professional growth. Many of our team members have atypical professional progressions, and we are extremely proud of their contribution.

Who are we?

Automotive Data Solutions Inc. is a technology company specialized in the development and marketing of aftermarket automotive electronics. Headquartered in beautiful Montreal, Canada, we create innovative interfaces to help integrate remote starters, radios, amplifiers and other third-party devices seamlessly with today’s modern cars. Our focus is on building universal, flexible hardware and delivering vehicle-specific software using a suite of proprietary tools developed in-house by our software and electrical engineering teams. Simply put, we build products that work in cars. Hardware and a lot of software.

The Job: Software Developer, Front-end

In that role, you’ll have a critical impact on the development of our web sites and applications. You’ll write clean maintainable code and tests, introduce new best practices and architectures, develop interactive front-end web applications and integrate sophisticated designs. Quality, usability, reliability and experimentation are important to us, and will be the guiding principles behind your work.

Who are we looking for?

If you are passionate about user experience, love complex problems, microservices, and delivering elegant and reusable code, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! We are looking for an individual that is resourceful and self-driven, that loves learning and sharing their findings. The perfect candidate would have:

• 3 years of experience in web development
• Built web applications in React, AngularJS (or another frond-end framework) and published them online
• A diploma in software engineering or computer science (or any equivalent combination of experience and education)
• Proficiency in both English and French
• Expertise in HTML5 and CSS3
• Experience with Bootstrap and Sass or another CSS pre-processor
• Experience implementing responsive web applications
• Extended knowledge of Javascript
• Experience in Agile environment and with git
• Familiarity with automated tests and continuous integration
• Even if you are not 100% qualified for the position, we’d love to hear from you, apply anyway! You could be the right person for the job.

We believe in taking chances, making mistakes, and learning from them. Your team mates will have your back. We want to give our teams the best chances to succeed: our developers are equipped with new Macbook Pros and are sent to conferences yearly.

So what’s it like working at ADS?

At ADS, we promote a healthy work-life balance and put people first. Our office is located minutes walk away from De La Savane metro station and we offer free first-come-first-served parking to all employees. All employees have no-questions-asked paid personal days in case of illness or to handle personal matters. Not an early riser? We offer flexible work schedules. You want to work remotely at home or at the cottage? No problem!

Fun is also part of the ADS DNA. We pride ourselves in creating an easy-going and rewarding work environment with free team activities, such as karting, bowling, escape rooms, summer BBQs and video game tournaments. You can enjoy delicious subsidized chef-prepared meals daily and free fruits and snacks. And who needs Starbucks when you can treat yourself to a delicious espresso-style coffee, tea and hot-chocolate every day (of course, totally free). And dress code? Laid back and casual.

At ADS, we believe in diversity. Our team is composed of people with different linguistic and ethnic backgrounds, diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. We are also focused on personal and professional growth. Many of our team members have atypical professional progressions, and we are extremely proud of their contribution.

Job Description

ADS is seeking new candidates to join our award-winning Technical Support team. Reporting directly to the Technical Support Director, the chosen candidate will provide product and installation support to customers and make use of company tools to assist in the upkeep and development of various products and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to installers and our corporate partners via telephone, e-mail, social media and our online forums
• Document all customer interactions using the company’s helpdesk ticket system
• Participate in departmental meetings and conference calls
• Collect information from shop manuals, customers, or hands-on vehicle research and update our vehicle information database
• Report install guide and/or product issues using our ticket system
• Proofread installation guides prior to publishing

Qualifications

• Installation experience with vehicle remote starters and security systems (3 years minimum)
• Working knowledge of ADS products a plus
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Good verbal and writing communication skills
• Customer driven
• Valid driver’s license
• Good knowledge of MS office suite programs
• Keep up-to-date on new vehicle technologies
• MECP certification would be considered an asset
• Bilingual (English/French)

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click on the ‘Apply now’ button below and be sure to include ‘Technical Support Agent’ in the subject field.

Job Description

Automotive Data Solutions Inc. (www.adsdata.ca) is a fast-growing private company specializing in the development and marketing of OEM integration solutions for the automotive 12-volt aftermarket industry. We currently have the need for two Junior Development Engineers to participate in the bottom-up development of new products.

One vacant position focuses heavily on hardware development while the other focuses on software development. In both cases, the Development Engineer will assist in the entire development process of our products and will handle the application’s design as well as ensure its correct operation before release. As such, the applicants have the opportunity to involve themselves in all aspects of ADS’ new products development.

The applicants’ technical skills include:

• An undergraduate degree in computer or electrical engineering, with a focus on software design for embedded systems. A Master’s degree is a plus;
• Proficiency in C programming language with embedded systems as the target devices. Knowledge of C++ / C# a plus;
• Experience in developing products using embedded systems and working knowledge of microcontrollers. Experience with 32-bit architecture is preferred;
• A sound understanding of printed circuit boards and an ability to efficiently design them;
• VHDL or Verilog design experience a big plus;
• Knowledge of Altium or Orcad preferred;
• Design experience with audio signals (DSP, signal processing, analog audio);
• An interest in the automotive industry is a plus.

The Development Engineers soft skills include the ability to organize, prioritize, and execute tasks according to the development plan. Our company has a dynamic team environment, but the applicant must also be a self-starter and be comfortable working independently.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click on the ‘Apply now’ button below and be sure to include ‘AENG6’ in the subject field. Please note that while we thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.