Canonical is hiring a
Technical Manager

Summary

The job involves leading a team of engineers to adapt Canonical's products to automotive and industrial specific requirements, representing the company in the industrial and automotive community, and ensuring compliance with various standards. The position is globally remote and offers competitive base pay, benefits, and opportunities for travel and professional development.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering, Linux, and open source background
• In-depth knowledge in Linux packages and embedded development
• Knowledge of automotive and industry standards such as ISO21434, ISO26262, SOTIF, IEC 61508
• Experience in C/C++ and Python programming
• Practical experience in automotive, including functional safety, embedded systems, cloud and related software trends
• Experience leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers
• Track record of timely delivery and high quality software
• Love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
• Experience working in an agile development environment

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Management to refine the vision and strategy for automotive at Canonical
• Define and execute an engineering roadmap for the automotive team at Canonical
• Represent Ubuntu and Canonical in the automotive community, in front of customers, partners and consortia
• Lead our Linux distribution and open source software strategy in Automotive
• Build and lead a globally distributed team of engineers and coordinate, guide and oversee their work
• Develop skills through coaching, feedback and hands-on technical leadership
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
• Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events