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Canonical Group - Waterloo, IA
posted 3 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Remote - Waterloo, IA
11-50 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
About the position
The Embedded & Desktop Linux Systems Engineer - Optimisation role at Canonical involves working across the full Linux stack to optimize Ubuntu for the latest silicon technologies. This fast-paced position requires problem-solving skills and the ability to deliver solutions across PC and IoT technologies, collaborating with specialist engineers from major silicon companies to enhance performance and features.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement the best Ubuntu integration for the latest IoT and server-class hardware platforms and software stacks.
- Work with partners to deliver an optimized Ubuntu experience on their platforms.
- Take a holistic approach to the Ubuntu experience on partner platforms, contributing to technical plans, testing strategies, and quality metrics.
- Participate as a technical lead in complex customer engagements involving complete system architectures from cloud to edge.
- Assist customers in integrating their apps, SDKs, and building device OS images, optimizing applications with Ubuntu Core, Desktop, and Server.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or similar.
- Experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto).
- Experience working with open source communities and licenses.
- Experience with C and C++.
- Ability to work in a globally distributed team with self-discipline and self-motivation.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with graphics stacks.
- Good understanding of networking (TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP/REST).
- Basic understanding of security best practices in IoT or server environments.
- Good communication skills, ideally with public speaking experience.
- IoT/Embedded experience from board and SoC, BMCs, bootloaders, and firmware to OS, through apps and services.
- Some experience with Docker/OCI containers/K8s.
Benefits
- 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 's.
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events.
