Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Canonical, a leading open-source software provider, as an Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager! Lead a geographically dispersed team of field engineers in presales and professional services, focusing on solution architecture, design, and delivery. This remote role requires strong Linux expertise, coding proficiency, and experience in embedded software development. You will mentor your team, manage projects, and represent Canonical to stakeholders. Canonical offers competitive compensation, a performance-driven bonus, a personal learning budget, and opportunities for professional development and travel.

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Extensive embedded Linux experience - Yocto or other
• Extensive Linux experience - Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• Fluency in at least one of Golang, Python, C, C++, or Rust
• Ability to manage a small team
• Experience with customer engagements
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• An ability to communicate the business benefits of technology
• An humble learner and quick study

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional Services
• Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor
• Work remotely in a single major time zone
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

Preferred Qualifications

• RTOS experience
• Additional languages (both the programming and human kinds)
• Previous experience working in a remote-first, diverse, distributed company

Benefits

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events