Yocto LTS Maintainer
Company Description
The Yocto Project is an open source collaboration project that provides templates, tools and methods to help you create custom Linux-based systems for embedded system deployments in connected edge devices, servers, or virtual environments, regardless of the hardware architecture.
Job Description
About the Role
The Yocto Project is seeking an experienced, community-minded LTS Maintainer to take over maintenance of its Long-Term Stable (LTS) releases, beginning with the upcoming Yocto Project 6.0 LTS release in April 2026.
This is a critical role that ensures long-term stability, security, and support for the Yocto Project’s LTS branches. You’ll work closely with the current maintainer during a transition phase and ultimately own the process of delivering quarterly (or more frequent) point releases.
If you’re a long-time Yocto/OpenEmbedded contributor with deep technical skills and a passion for open source sustainability, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain Core Yocto LTS Layers: bitbake, openembedded-core, meta-yocto, and yocto-docs.
Monitor and Backport Fixes: Review submitted patches, audit master and stable branches for fixes, and queue appropriate patches for build/test.
Release Management: Plan and coordinate LTS dot releases, including release notes, build monitoring, test result review, and scheduling.
Security and Quality Assurance: Track and assess CVEs, run tools like cve-check, and publish results.
Community Engagement: Participate in mailing lists, collaborate with contributors, and maintain documentation and planning materials.
Qualifications
Required Experience:
Strong familiarity with Git
Open Source development background, ideally in Yocto/OpenEmbedded
Excellent communication via email and IRC
Python and shell scripting skills
Understanding of software security issues (assessment, handling, mitigation)
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed community
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with:
Yocto Project Bugzilla
Yocto Project Autobuilder
Patchwork
Member of OpenEmbedded
5+ years of Yocto/OpenEmbedded development
Long-term software maintenance experience
Additional Information
Work Environment
Fully remote role with preference for candidates in EU or EST time zones
Collaborative team environment with global contributors and stakeholders
Reports to program leadership and works closely with technical maintainers, engineers, and governance representatives
Why Join Us? This is a unique opportunity to influence one of the most widely adopted open source projects in the embedded and systems space. You’ll collaborate with top engineers and organizations around the world, shaping the direction and delivery of software that powers critical applications.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Yocto LTS Maintainer
Company Description
The Yocto Project is an open source collaboration project that provides templates, tools and methods to help you create custom Linux-based systems for embedded system deployments in connected edge devices, servers, or virtual environments, regardless of the hardware architecture.
Job Description
About the Role
The Yocto Project is seeking an experienced, community-minded LTS Maintainer to take over maintenance of its Long-Term Stable (LTS) releases, beginning with the upcoming Yocto Project 6.0 LTS release in April 2026.
This is a critical role that ensures long-term stability, security, and support for the Yocto Project’s LTS branches. You’ll work closely with the current maintainer during a transition phase and ultimately own the process of delivering quarterly (or more frequent) point releases.
If you’re a long-time Yocto/OpenEmbedded contributor with deep technical skills and a passion for open source sustainability, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain Core Yocto LTS Layers: bitbake, openembedded-core, meta-yocto, and yocto-docs.
Monitor and Backport Fixes: Review submitted patches, audit master and stable branches for fixes, and queue appropriate patches for build/test.
Release Management: Plan and coordinate LTS dot releases, including release notes, build monitoring, test result review, and scheduling.
Security and Quality Assurance: Track and assess CVEs, run tools like cve-check, and publish results.
Community Engagement: Participate in mailing lists, collaborate with contributors, and maintain documentation and planning materials.
Qualifications
Required Experience:
Strong familiarity with Git
Open Source development background, ideally in Yocto/OpenEmbedded
Excellent communication via email and IRC
Python and shell scripting skills
Understanding of software security issues (assessment, handling, mitigation)
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed community
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with:
Yocto Project Bugzilla
Yocto Project Autobuilder
Patchwork
Member of OpenEmbedded
5+ years of Yocto/OpenEmbedded development
Long-term software maintenance experience
Additional Information
Work Environment
Fully remote role with preference for candidates in EU or EST time zones
Collaborative team environment with global contributors and stakeholders
Reports to program leadership and works closely with technical maintainers, engineers, and governance representatives
Why Join Us? This is a unique opportunity to influence one of the most widely adopted open source projects in the embedded and systems space. You’ll collaborate with top engineers and organizations around the world, shaping the direction and delivery of software that powers critical applications.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.