Staff Engineer: Mission-Critical Linux & Compliance Leader

Canonical; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Learning budget

Annual review

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Parental Leave

Employee assistance programme

Travel to sprints

Travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a senior engineering standards leader to drive quality and compliance across automotive, aerospace, and industrial robotics initiatives. You will translate complex regulatory demands into executable engineering practices and champion continuous improvement across teams.

Working with engineering leadership, you will define methods for measuring quality, align agile approaches, and secure external certifications while fostering a globally distributed, remote-friendly

Qualifications

• Experience in engineering leadership within an agile environment.
• Knowledge or certification of standards addressing software quality (ISO/IEC 25010, ASPICE).
• Proven track record in leading compliance and certification efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and unify engineering standards across multiple regulated domains.
• Define and implement quality measurement methods and practices.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to describe and deliver continuous improvement processes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Agile methodologies

Compliance & certification

ISO/IEC 25010

ASPICE

Linux

Stakeholder management

Job description

Canonical is seeking a senior engineering standards leader to drive quality and compliance across automotive, aerospace, and industrial robotics initiatives. You will translate complex regulatory demands into executable engineering practices and champion continuous improvement across teams.

Working with engineering leadership, you will define methods for measuring quality, align agile approaches, and secure external certifications while fostering a globally distributed, remote-friendly