Software Engineer, Automotive and Industrial Architecture

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Their platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company has over 1200 colleagues in 75+ countries, operates with few office-based roles, and is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

• Strong software engineering foundation with experience in developing complex systems on Linux.
• Professional experience with C, C++, and Python in production environments.
• Demonstrated experience working within automotive, industrial, or other regulated environments governed by safety, cybersecurity, or quality standards (such as ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, IEC 61508, IEC 62443, SOTIF, or (A)SPICE), and applying them in practice.
• Experience in system or software architecture, implementation, or verification and validation of complex embedded systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce precise technical documentation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed team and engage with industrial partners.

Additional experience that is valuable:

• Contributions to open source projects, particularly in the area of Software Defined Vehicles.
• Knowledge of Debian packaging.
• Experience with Rust or safety-critical software development.

• Translate automotive and industrial cybersecurity, quality, and safety standards into actionable engineering requirements and perform gap analyses against current capabilities.
• Drive the creation of structured engineering artifacts, including requirements, traceability models, risk analysis, test strategies, and certification documentation.
• Collaborate with Canonical engineering teams to align development practices with industrial compliance needs.
• Design, implement, and execute verification and validation activities required to qualify Ubuntu and other components for regulated environments.
• Develop and improve automation and tooling to scale traceability, testing, compliance evidence generation, and reporting.
• Engage with industrial partners to understand their expectations, align external expectations and internal capabilities, and support audits and technical reviews.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of Canonical’s internal processes and standards capability as the team scales.

Canonical is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a workplace free from discrimination. The role is remote based in the EMEA region.