Academic Partnerships Manager (Embedded Systems)

TL;DR

Academic Partnerships Manager (Embedded Systems): Drives technical engagement with universities and academic programs to expand hands-on use of embedded technologies and strengthen the global developer ecosystem with an accent on building and managing partnerships, integrating tools/platforms into curricula, and coordinating engineering initiatives. Focus on leading strategy for academic partnerships, scaling relationships with faculties, and sponsoring applied research projects.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario. Willingness to travel to campuses, conferences, and technical events as needed.

Salary: $108,750.00 - $158,750.00

Company

QNX provides safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, and development tools for critical embedded systems across industries like automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, and robotics.

What you will do

• Lead the overall strategy for academic partnerships, aligning with product roadmaps and developer ecosystem goals.
• Maintain and scale relationships with engineering faculties, research groups, and technical program leads.
• Manage operational workflows supporting academic programs, including license provisioning and Salesforce updates.
• Collaborate with faculty to embed QNX OS, tools, SDKs, and development workflows into coursework and labs.
• Support technical workshops, engineering clubs, and student societies utilizing QNX technology.
• Sponsor and coordinate capstone projects, hackathons, and innovation events with a technical focus.

Requirements

• Experience managing partnerships or programs in academic, developer, or technical ecosystems.
• Technical background or familiarity with software development.
• Strong communication skills to engage engineering faculty, students, and internal technical teams.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills to run multiple technical initiatives concurrently.
• Ability to translate product features into academic engineering use cases.
• Fluent in English.

Nice to have

• Developer relations, technical marketing, product management, or engineering experience.
• Experience with embedded systems, IOT Platforms, RTOS concepts, or C/C++.
• Prior work with universities or engineering programs, or teaching experience in technical subjects.
• Familiarity with open-source development workflows.
• Experience organizing technical workshops, hackathons, or curriculum development.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and hirify.global Variable Incentive Pay (VIP) bonus program.
• Comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• Retirement and employee share purchase program.
• Paid time off to support physical, financial, and personal well-being.
• No artificial intelligence (AI) is used to screen, assess, or select applicants.