Technical Manager - Automotive and Industrial
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
A leadership role focused on developing and managing open source Linux-based automotive and industrial software solutions, ensuring compliance with industry standards, guiding a global engineering team, and representing Canonical in the automotive community.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the automotive engineering roadmap and strategy at Canonical
- Lead and coordinate a globally distributed engineering team
- Represent Canonical and Ubuntu in the automotive community, customer engagements, and standards consortia
- Guide the Linux distribution and open source software strategy for automotive applications
- Ensure products and processes comply with industry standards such as ISO21434, ISO26262, IEC 61508, and others
- Develop skills within the team through coaching, feedback, and technical leadership
- Advocate for modern, agile software development practices
- Foster a collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values
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, and ideally have led product development initiatives that fulfilled compliance with one or more of the mentioned standards
- 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
- Experience working in an agile development environment
- Ability to build and lead a globally distributed team of engineers, coordinate, guide, and oversee their work
- Ability to develop skills through coaching, feedback, and hands-on technical leadership
- Ability to set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Ability to advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
- Willingness to work from home with international travel twice a year, up to two weeks at a time, for company events
Benefits & Perks
Fully remote working environment
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD 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
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