Principal Engineer - Enterprise OS Platform; Linux​/Unix

Principal Engineer, Linux/Unix Platform Overview

Principal Engineer responsible for owning the vision, roadmap, and evolution of Toyota’s Linux/Unix platform that supports Tier‑0 and Tier‑1 business systems, automation frameworks, data services, and AI workloads.

• Own and maintain a multi-horizon Linux/Unix platform roadmap aligned to business, security, operational resilience, and AI priorities.
• Anticipate future demand, lifecycle events, platform risks, and emerging technology needs to ensure proactive planning.
• Drive platform standardization through infrastructure‑as‑code, hardened baselines, standard images, and self‑service operational capabilities.
• Partner across infrastructure, application, security, and risk teams to improve platform stability, recovery readiness, observability, and compliance.
• Reduce operational toil and fragmented patterns by advancing automation‑first platform operations and scalable service delivery models.
• Enable secure adoption of AI/ML and data workloads by evolving Linux platform capabilities to support performance, governance, and intelligent operations.
• Translate platform strategy into measurable outcomes, milestones, and investment priorities, and communicate progress clearly to stakeholders.
• Identify and consolidate overlapping OS platform responsibilities (e.g., hardening, lifecycle management, automation, observability) to increase leverage and reduce duplicated effort.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or 7–10 years of professional experience.
• Experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, Platform Lead, or similar role supporting enterprise infrastructure or platform services.
• Strong experience administering or leading enterprise Linux/Unix platforms supporting critical production workloads.
• Experience delivering automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, standardization, or self‑service platform initiatives in large‑scale environments.
• Experience presenting technical strategy, roadmap direction, and delivery priorities to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Bonus: experience supporting AI/ML, data platforms, or other advanced compute workloads in enterprise environments.
• Bonus: experience with observability, AIOps, anomaly detection, predictive alerting, or automated remediation practices.
• Bonus: experience in security‑focused, regulated, or audit‑driven environments.
• Bonus: experience developing and executing multi‑year technology roadmaps for shared infrastructure platforms.

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for you and your family.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match and annual contribution.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Relocation assistance, if applicable.
• Technology benefits: tuition reimbursement, professional growth programs, and vehicle purchase/lease discounts for Toyota team members.
• Tax‑advantaged accounts:
  Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.