We have created a role for a Technical Manager, Automotive and Industrial with a passion for open source and precision engineering. Today, Canonical is providing secure and reliable products to our industrial and automotive partners. Our solutions are bridging the gap between Open-Source innovation and industry specific requirements represented by stringent certification processes. Our goal is to enable industries such as automotive to leverage our open source portfolio. From the factory to the cloud by way of the car, we are committed to providing the most secure and advanced platform for automotive innovation.
Your role will include the ability to grow, lead a team of dedicated engineers aiming at adaptating our products to automotive and industrial specific requirements. You will represent Canonical and Ubuntu in the industrial and automotive community and standards consortia. You and your team will make sure our products and ways of working are supporting standards addressing processes, cyber-security and safety concerns such as described by (but not limited to) IEC, ISO and Automotive specific ISO UNECE R & R, ISO ASIL (from B to D) or ASPICE. At the same time, we aim at enhancing the delivery quality, security and developer experience where you will be expected to lead, challenge, and positively influence the culture and work with your team on strategy and execution. You will report directly to our Vice President of Engineering Excellence and work closely with the Automotive Product Manager to define and execute a vision and roadmap for automotive at Canonical.
Location: This is a Globally remote role
What you’ll do
1. Work with Product Management to refine the vision and strategy for automotive at Canonical
2. Define and execute an engineering roadmap for the automotive team at Canonical
3. Represent Ubuntu and Canonical in the automotive community, in front of customers, partners and consortia
4. Build and lead a globally distributed team of engineers and coordinate, guide and oversee their work
5. Develop skills through coaching, feedback and hands-on technical leadership
6. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
7. Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
8. Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
9. Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
10. Work from home with international travel twice a year, up to two weeks at a time, for company events
Who you are
11. You have a strong software engineering, Linux, and open source background
12. You have knowledge of automotive and industry standards such as ISO, ISO, SOTIF, IEC, and ideally have led product development initiatives that fulfilled compliance with one or more of the mentioned standards
13. You have in-depth knowledge in Linux packages and embedded development
14. You have experience in C/C++ and Python programming
15. You have practical experience in automotive, including functional safety, embedded systems, cloud and related software trends
16. You have experience leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers
17. You have a track record of timely delivery and high quality software
18. You love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
19. You have experience working in an agile development environment
What we offer you
Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits below, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner.
20. Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since !
21. Personal learning and development budget of 2,USD per annum
22. Annual compensation review
23. Recognition rewards
24. Annual holiday leave
25. Parental Leave
26. Employee Assistance Programme
27. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
28. Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events