At MBition, we are bringing digital luxury to mobility users around the world. To accomplish this, we are redefining how software is developed within the automotive field as part of an international Mercedes-Benz software development network. As a 100% subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, we develop and integrate the next generation of Mercedes-Benz in-car infotainment systems that are based on the Mercedes-Benz Operating System (MBOS). In addition, we are responsible for the Mercedes me companion app, we provide seamless & connected mobility experiences and we contribute to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) platform development.

Your Mission 

You will work as part of the Open Source Team as the lead of highly experienced Open Source contributors and in close cooperation with legal, procurement and business experts. You will primarily oversee an engineering roles applying license compliance and Open Source domain knowledge but will also be the ambassador of ​MBition's FOSS policy towards our stakeholders and steer our vision.

Sneak preview of your future tasks

In particular, MBition aims to be a good citizen of the Open Source ecosystem. This means participating in upstream Open Source development, engaging with the community from a technical and governance perspective, creating software products that combine Open Source and proprietary functionality and strictly being license compliant in the process. MBition's Open Source Team supports our developers and guides its partners in achieving these goals. As Coordinator of the Open Source Team, your responsibilities will be ensuring that the team:

• Supports the software engineering teams in consuming Open Source technologies, building upon them both upstream and in-house, integrating them into MBition's products and shipping them to customers. In particular this means assisting with upstream contributions, determining the appropriate modes of collaboration, and ensuring best practices along the way.


• Ensures license compliance, full documentation of the copyright and patent assets embedded in the product as well as fulfillment of all Open Source license obligations integrated in a continuous delivery process. We closely work with the legal and DevOps teams towards this goal.


• Helps the organization embrace an open collaboration culture that facilitates innovation. We mentor team members and provide training to developers, reviewers and non-technical staff on engineering and collaboration techniques.


• Interact with the wider Open Source community to establish a network of collaborators and engage with innovation drivers. MBition aims to support and facilitate upstream communities that develop functionality significant to our products.


• Last but not least, your mission will be to formulate, adapt and defend our Open Source strategy to our stakeholders. The Open Source Team helps to shape the whole organization adopt open innovation, remote work and to adopt and foster community spirit. Additionally we don't believe in purely managerial roles which means you'll be working hands-on with the team on all goals listed above.

This position will ​oversee a ​team of 3-5 engineers and report to the Lead of License ​Management.