About this role
Job title: Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager
About the Role Canonical is hiring an Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager to lead a regionally-focused team of Field engineers in Presales and Professional Services activities, helping customers with solution architecture, design and delivery. This remote role oversees a team in Americas, EMEA, or APAC and requires being located in one of those Geos.
What You'll Do
- Lead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in Presales and Professional Services.
- Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor.
- Drive solution architecture, design and delivery for embedded Linux projects across customer engagements.
- Collaborate with customers, engineering and sales to align on strategy and execution.
- Promote open source and edge compute approaches as part of Canonical's offering.
- Develop colleagues in technology, time management, and understanding of customer business thinking for continuous improvement.
What We're Looking For
- Deep Linux expertise and proficient coders/scripters.
- Experience with low-level Linux boot, BIOS, firmware and embedded software development methodologies.
- Track record in field engineering, presales or professional services.
- Leadership and team-building experience; ability to manage time and drive wins.
- Comfortable working in a global, time-zone distributed environment.
Nice to Have
- Experience with IoT, edge computing, security requirements in embedded devices.
- Familiarity with Ubuntu ecosystem and secure update/management mechanisms.
- Passion for mentoring colleagues and contributing to open-source communities.