Principal - Embedded Engineer (C, Linux Kernal, ARM Drivers)

Celestica International LP•San Jose, CA

27d•Onsite

About The Position

Celestica is expanding its team and seeking talented, passionate Principal Software Engineers to contribute to our next-generation data center networking, and AI compute blade systems. You will be instrumental in designing, developing, and testing the critical software running on Compute, Switches, and Storage systems. You will take ownership of the entire software stack and translate vital customer requirements into market-leading product features. You will write, debug, maintain, and test software in various common languages and for software at various levels in the hierarchy (from Firmware to Application). Software creation follows an agreed to development process (such as Agile, Scrum, etc.) and complies with the product life cycle development (phase/gate deliverables). The Principal Engineer, Software works in cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Requirements

Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may also involve other functions.
Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical, financial and people aspects of the project.
Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure that the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget.
Ability to recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plans.
Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
Ability to create financial plans for your projects, align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed.
Create project plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks.
Fully knowledgeable about internal and external financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements relevant to your area of expertise.
Strong programming skills: Proficiency in C, C++ and other low-level programming languages.
Deep understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet, etc.) and concepts.
Familiarity with main elements of CPU, XPU, memory, NICs, board monitoring elements is a must.
Ability to identify and resolve software and hardware issues.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
Proven ability to articulate requirements and vision to large and diverse audience through written documents like architecture specifications and verbal presentations in technical forums is required.
15 to 20 years of experience.
Masters degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Linux driver kernel development.
Experience with GPU programming.
Prior experience of Ansible/Terraform and understanding of cloud computing architectures and services.

Responsibilities

Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains.
Participate in project planning and scheduling.
Provide technical leadership and direction to a global team of engineers.
Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.).
Review and interpret customer specifications and may act as primary customer contact.
Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions.
Develop deployment strategies and plans.
Lead the deployment of strategic complex programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
Design, develop, and test software that runs on Compute, Networking and Storage appliances, enabling high-performance networking and computing applications at hyperscalers.
Optimize code for performance, efficiency, and low latency.
Innovate new ideas in conjunction with networking and compute engineers to optimize overall data center efficiency.
Architect solutions for customer’s data center management needs working with multiple lower-level drivers, OS, libraries.
Design, develop, and test software that runs on Compute, Networking and Storage appliances, enabling high-performance networking and compute applications.
Troubleshoot and resolve hardware-software interaction issues.
Analyze and optimize network performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions.
Develop and implement performance testing methodologies and tools.
Design and implement security features for Compute, Networking and Storage appliances software, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
Stay up-to-date on security best practices and vulnerability remediation.
Work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with engineers and peer functional leads from different disciplines to innovate solutions, triage issues and speed execution.
Work with product line management, customers and sales teams to understand requirements.
Explain the value addition software brings to technical and non-technical audiences.
Mentor and coach team members on the technical skills and approaches to solve problems.
Review and maintain quality of code going into production.
Architect software applications that will work across multiple technology generations with minimal changes.
Present innovation and value addition from our software in technical forums and customer interactions.