Remote Embedded IoT Field Engineering Lead

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with team

Learning and development budget USD 2,

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform

Travel to new locations for meetings

Travel upgrades for events

Job summary

Canonical is seeking an Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager to lead a regionally focused team of Field engineers in Presales and Professional Services. You will guide solution architecture, design, and delivery for customers deploying Ubuntu, Ubuntu Core and related technologies.

The role requires strong Linux expertise, Yocto and Debian/Ubuntu experience, and proven leadership across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive embedded Linux experience - Yocto or other
• Extensive Linux experience - Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• Ability to manage a small team
• Experience with customer engagements
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to communicate the business benefits of technology
• An humble learner and quick study
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
• Other desirable traits include RTOS experience, additional languages, and remote-first distributed work experience

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Field engineers in Presales and Professional Services
• Plan and drive progress on goals and projects
• Partner with the leadership team
• Develop and champion engineering excellence and practices
• Coach, mentor, and provide career development feedback
• Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and acting as trusted advisor
• Work remotely in a single major time zone
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent the team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Provide market feedback to Product and Engineering teams for Ubuntu's future

Skills

Embedded Linux

Yocto

Debian/Ubuntu

Team management

Customer engagements

English proficiency

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science

Job description

Canonical is seeking an Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager to lead a regionally focused team of Field engineers in Presales and Professional Services. You will guide solution architecture, design, and delivery for customers deploying Ubuntu, Ubuntu Core and related technologies.

The role requires strong Linux expertise, Yocto and Debian/Ubuntu experience, and proven leadership across distributed teams.