[ubuntu-in] [JOB] Field Application Engineer

Prakash Advani prakash at canonical.com
Tue Jul 1 09:47:45 BST 2008


The commercial sponsor of Ubuntu: Canonical, is looking for Field 
Application Engineer in India (location is not a constrain, as you can 
work from Home. You are expected to have deep Ubuntu skills and good 
communication skills.

*Job Title:* Field Application Engineer

*Job Location:* Taiwan x 5, Brazil x 1, India x 1* *with regular travel 
engagements.

*Reports to:* Director of Business Development

*Job Summary:* The application Field Engineer will support specific 
projects in their market, as well as assist in sales opportunities. The 
continuous improvement and refinement of engineering and technical sales 
processes is another key aspect in this position. This involves building 
working relationships within Canonical to enhance the efficiency of 
collaboration between different teams.

*Key responsibilities: *The Field Engineer supports activities of 
different teams within the business development department.* *Examples 
of tasks that may be requested by specific teams include:

*System builders and ODMs:*

    *

      Provide solutions and best practices for technical issues

    *

      Provide fast response times and estimated time lines for resolving
      individual technical issues

    *

      Assist OEM technical staff in enabling hardware with Ubuntu

    *

      Build strong technical relationships with key OEM partners

    *

      Plan and implement engineering solutions for OEM partners

    *

      Present Canonical engineering on-site for large projects


*Partners:*

    *

      Evaluate, validate, and certify products and solutions from
      Canonical Partners

    *

      Create prototypes and showcases with Canonical Partners to foster
      technical relationship

    *

      Define and document processes for technical cooperation between
      Canonical and Partners

    *

      Assist new partnerships in technical questions

    *

      Plan and implement engineering solutions for OEM partners

*Global Alliances:*

    *

      Provide technical expertise to projects between Global Alliance
      partners and Canonical

    *

      Assist new partnerships in technical questions

    *

      Plan and implement engineering solutions for local facilities of
      Alliance partners


*Required skills and experience:*

    *

      Configure and troubleshoot Ubuntu systems

    *

      Resolve configuration problems quickly

    *

      Implement solutions autonomously

    *

      Respond quickly and reliably on external and internal requests

    *

      Assist with installing and maintaining Ubuntu based infrastructure
      at a partners site

    *

      Communicate with partner's technical staff effectively


*Desirable skills and experience:*

    *

      Script in Python, PERL, or similar languages

    *

      Technical training experience

    *

      Usage of Launchpad, Bugzilla, or other bug tracking systems

    *

      Usage of open source packaging solutions, such as Debian format
      packages or RPM packages

    *

      Usage of a version control system

    *

      Writing technical solutions

If you fit the profile, please apply directly to hrATcanonical.com
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