Ubuntu Linux Kernel Test Engineer

Canonical
📍 London, England, United Kingdom 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 27, 2026

Job Description

Ubuntu is the most widely used Linux distribution in the world, delivering kernels across a vast matrix of versions, architectures, and configurations – with up to 15 years of security and maintenance commitments for Long Term Support (LTS) releases. Ensuring the quality and reliability of these kernels demands a dedicated, systematic approach to testing at scale.

The Canonical Kernel Team is looking for a Test Engineer to take ownership of our kernel testing strategy and infrastructure. You will design and maintain test plans covering functional correctness, stability, performance, and security. You will build and evolve automated test frameworks – including stress testing, fuzzing, code coverage analysis, and regression detection – that not only must remain effective across many concurrently supported kernel versions spanning years of maintenance, but must be able to scale with the high demand for Ubuntu kernels (currently more than under active support).


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Job Details

  • Location London, England
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Computer Occupations
  • Posted Date June 27, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 06, 2026