Innovate with cutting edge technology

Show your leadership in tomorrow’s automotive computing technologies and take advantage of the industry’s most advanced software platform. Whether your focus is safety, convenience, infotainment, or any number of emerging technologies, the QNX OEM Innovation Labs (OIL) Program can help your research, planning and development efforts with cutting-edge, industry-standard software.

“QNX has continued to increase its share in the growing automotive software market and is well-positioned to expand its market presence and cement its leadership in automotive software.”
— Frost & Sullivan research analyst Robert Cavin

Known worldwide by automotive Tier 1 suppliers as the software platform “provider of choice” for in-car computing designs, QNX Software Systems has created a program to provide the same advanced technologies directly to automakers. As a member of the OIL Program, you will have first access to the latest QNX innovations, ensuring your products are based on popular and emerging software trends and that your concepts can stand the test of time.

Why should you join?

• In the highly competitive automotive software market, QNX Software Systems consistently produces cutting-edge software for controlling and connecting the increasing amount of in-vehicle electronic equipment for communication, entertainment, and safety.
  
• In less than five years, we have become the industry’s most widely-used and respected software provider for the full range of in-car computing applications — from simple displays and audio systems to infotainment, navigation, and telematics systems — in over 180 vehicle models worldwide.
  
• QNX helps drive global standards and deliver automotive-qualified products that improve vehicle safety, comfort and efficiency while providing customizable software components to enable customizable user experiences
  

In its inaugural year, the QNX OIL Program has attracted such innovative vehicle manufacturers as Audi, BMW, Daimler Chrysler, and General Motors.

How the program works

The QNX OIL Program member designation rewards you with the opportunity to get easy, low-cost access to QNX automotive technologies. As a member you’ll receive a full suite of QNX software tools, value-added development kits, and source code — everything you need to build your next-generation in-car systems. You’ll be able to tap into our extensive technical expertise — 25 years of embedded technology — as well as develop your “mobile futures” with our reliable and leading-edge products and extensive dedicated support. We’ll also grant you yearly licenses, on a per project basis, to use our automotive technologies, free of charge, to qualifying not-for-profit automotive research programs.

• Our flagship product
  The QNX Momentics development suite: A sophisticated development suite that provides everything necessary to develop software for the QNX Neutrino RTOS and accelerate the entire telematics development cycle from board bring-up to performance optimization.
  
  
• Value-added development kits
  Flash File System & Embedding with all BSPs, Extended Networking, Advanced Graphics, Multimedia, Critical Process Monitoring and Adaptive Partitioning tools that will help you develop and deploy applications on core kit technology, or modify the software to create custom derivative works
  
  
• New QNX middleware
  Advanced acoustic preprocessing technologies, multimedia solutions, graphics and application environments, and more
  
  
• World-class support and services
  Outstanding customer service through an extensive support plan including a dedicated Technical Account Manager and access to up-to-date product documentation that will allow you to build and deliver high-quality products on time every time
  
  
• Free partner technologies
  
• Similarly licensed applications and hardware platforms including technologies from Freescale, Sonic, Gracenote, AMG, and more
  
  
• Marketing opportunities
  The opportunity to promote your participation in this program and reach new audiences with presence on the QNX website and/or in our newsletter
  

There is no cost to participate in the QNX OIL Program, however, members are required to purchase the 50-hour support plan and commit to achieve certain program requirements such as:

• quarterly requirement reviews
  
• demonstrations
  
• press releases and introductions
  

How to apply

Simply submit a proposal using our Guidelines for Submission that explains your research project details. After your application is reviewed and qualified, you will receive notification from our automotive management team on how to obtain your software and welcome kit.

For further information about this program, email us at partners@qnx.com.