Director Engineering on Maemo platform

[fragos]

I received this job opportunity on LinkedIn and though many of you might find it interesting for more than one reason.

Looking for a Director of Engineering @ Bangalore
The R&D center of a leading handset manufacturing firm is consolidating its operations in Bangalore. The site is intended to build a strong Linux and open source competence in India and to work hand in hand with their sites all over the world on producing devices and software on the Maemo platform.

As the site head, you will be instrumental in delivering cutting edge products to the global market. You will also be responsible for building a high performance R&D team that will develop and test products and UI design.

Specifications
 Masters degree with 15-18 years
 Should have led significant product management
 Should have delivered products/SDKs or APIs in the mobile or convergence space
 Specific work in Open Source / Linux is essential
 Strong leadership, organizational and communication skills.
 May include geographic coordination of functions or global functional/unit.

Compensation will not be a constraint for the right person.

Interested people could connect with Damini at damini@thecorneroffice.net and Anish at anish@thecorneroffice.net

[Texrat]

Mmmm... I don't like that word "consolidating". Hope it doesn't mean what it usually means...

[fragos]

Mmmm... I don't like that word "consolidating". Hope it doesn't mean what it usually means...

I thought you'd be commenting. I believe we have a similar reading on this.

[Texrat]

Maemo is going to need diversity to thrive. I tried to drive that point home at the developer event...

[freppas]

Maemo is going to need diversity to thrive. I tried to drive that point home at the developer event...

Yes it is but if they want to push it to become more consumer friendly then they'll also need to put in more work on it themselves I think.

I might be reading this completely the wrong way but isn't this a good thing for maemo? I mean to me it sounds like what they're doing is putting someone in charge of the nokia efforts to make it ready to be a consumer device. They'll still be working with the community and developers from all over the world.

What exactly is the downside?

[davost]

Thanks for the post. I think job opportunities ads are a welcome addition to this community. A suggestion though, could you perhaps obfuscate the emails of these poor guys. Spammers you know.

[fragos]

Thanks for the post. I think job opportunities ads are a welcome addition to this community. A suggestion though, could you perhaps obfuscate the emails of these poor guys. Spammers you know.

These guys are in business to find candidates and use the Internet to be found. They posted their email addresses in the open forum where I found them. Their message was cut and pasted into my post. Anonymity is a poor marketing strategy for a business. Personal email addresses have a different expectation of privacy which is appropriate to respect.

[Texrat]

Yes it is but if they want to push it to become more consumer friendly then they'll also need to put in more work on it themselves I think.

I was referring to the consolidation part, and what it *might* mean for other corporate locations.

[nhanquy]

Too bad the job is in Bangalore!:p
Why don't they consolidate in San Jose? :D

[sachin007]

Wow that would be my dream job.... unfortunately i am not eligible to apply because i am a doctor!

[sachin007]

On a related not it is ironic that the n900 is not released in india.... considering that it is also developed in India. There is a huge market for the n900 in India. There are many nokia addicts who refrained from buying the iphone just because they like nokia. They would definitely buy the n900. And in India the market for higher end phones is quite huge. People spend more money on a mobile phone than any of the essential things. It is a symbol of class and style in India.