Technical Manager - Automotive and Industrial

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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
• ▹Represent Ubuntu and Canonical in the automotive community, in front of customers, partners and consortia
• ▹Lead the 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
• ▹Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values
• ▹Ensure products and ways of working support standards on processes, cyber-security and safety (e.g. IEC 61508, ISO 9001, ISO 21434, UNECE R155 and R156, ISO 26262 ASIL B-D, ASPICE)

Requirements

• ▹Strong software engineering, Linux and open source background
• ▹In-depth knowledge of Linux packages and embedded development
• ▹Knowledge of automotive and industry standards such as ISO 21434, ISO 26262, SOTIF and IEC 61508, ideally having led product development that met compliance with one or more of them
• ▹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
• ▹Experience working in an agile development environment
• ▹A track record of timely delivery and high-quality software
• ▹International travel twice a year, up to two weeks at a time

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Fully remote working environment, as the company has done since 2004
• ▹Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• ▹Annual compensation review
• ▹Recognition rewards
• ▹Annual holiday leave
• ▹Parental leave
• ▹Employee Assistance Programme
• ▹Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues at sprints
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
• ▹Certain roles are eligible for annual bonuses and sales incentives

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. The company has been remote-first since 2004 and recruits globally.