Comments on: Another job change

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:53:16 +0000

Hasjim: Below is full description:

Headline

Integrate foundational open source technology into a winning ARM-based platform.

Responsibilities

Integrate and engineer open source components fundamental to a mobile Linux platform, from the bootloader to user-level device support as well as system-level services.
Manage and optimize performance in the platform, ensuring boot speed, minimal footprint and optimal power consumption.
Constant tracking of upstream development, updating the platform where necessary and communicating to the team throughout the process.
Exercise build tools developed within the Platform Tools unit, ensuring suitability to task and providing guidance and user feedback where necessary.

Required skills

Experience in embedded Linux development
QA, build and toolchain development experience
Understanding of the general process of integrating code upstream
Strong understanding of current trends in embedded Linux development
Good understanding of Debian or Ubuntu distribution architecture and packaging tools

Desired skills

Experience with ARM-related kernel components and drivers
Previous experience working on ARM enablement projects

By: Hasjim Williams

Hasjim Williams — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:30:16 +0000

Congratulations. Here's hoping you make a good contribution to Ubuntu Netbook edition, etc.

Shame that the description of Foundations OS Engineer has disappeared from the ubuntu website.

By: Adrian Crutchfield

Adrian Crutchfield — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:04:13 +0000

Congrats Marcin! I’ve tried to get in once and interviewed once. I think my biggest issue was not having “real world” arm experience. Once again congrats!

By: Koen Kooi

Koen Kooi — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:17:06 +0000

Finally someone that actually knows something about ARM stuff is going to work at Canonical :) Good luck at your new job!

By: Mike Turquette

Mike Turquette — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:05:02 +0000

Congrats Marcin! I'm sure you'll be seeing lots of OMAP people in your new position ;-)

Working on Ubuntu on ARM is very exciting right now, I'm sure you'll love it!

By: Marcin Juszkiewicz

Marcin Juszkiewicz — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:15:34 +0000

rozie: I work remotely for over 3 years now ;D

I hope for 12" arm laptop with 1GB ram -- but probably first buy some CULV laptop for business trips.

And Flash works on ARM -- look at Maemo platforms...

By: zen

zen — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:18:15 +0000

Damn, shit, wow Marcin! Congratulations dude! Giant step forward I think. I’m sure you will be valuable developer in Canonical world.

By: rozie

rozie — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:01:33 +0000

That’s nice news (remote job, I understand). And I see, that Ubuntu takes ARM platform seriously – many jobs offered for ARM related positions. Maybe there’ll be some nice ARM toys (netbooks) with full Linux support. If only flash worked on ARM…