Sr. Software Manager, Design Engineering
About The Position
Celestica is looking for talented and passionate Sr. Manager, Software Engineering. This team is responsible for designing and developing Cloud Hardware infrastructure that includes Compute, Storage, AI servers and Networking Switches. As a Sr. Manager, you will play a key role in defining and delivering state of the art Cloud Hardware products. Celestica is leading the charge in the AI-driven era by developing ultra-dense, power-efficient, and high-speed infrastructure solutions. Our approach is grounded in extensive engineering expertise, a proven track record of technology experience, a resilient supply chain and strong global partnerships. We collaborate with customers to design purpose-built solutions that guarantee optimized performance, engineered reliability, and a truly agile, future-ready foundation for tomorrow’s AI infrastructure demand.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering.
- 15+ years of experience in the industry with a proven ability to lead teams.
- 8+ years of experience in C / C++ and other low-level programming languages and embedded systems.
- 5+ years of experience in hardware bring-up, validation, troubleshooting, and resolution of hardware/software interfaces (Bootloader and High-speed interfaces: PCIe, USB, DDR, MIPI, Ethernet).
- 5+ years of experience in Device Drivers (PCIe, I2C, etc.), including board bring-up to verify functionality (Linux kernel bring-up, enablement, and upstreaming).
- Strong understanding of BIOS, BMC, Secure Boot, and Linux Kernel.
- Experience in Real-Time OS (RTOS) / Linux kernel memory management, interrupts, and IOMMU.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; proven capability to articulate requirements through written architecture specs and verbal presentations.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with major hardware elements: CPU, DPU, memory, and NICs.
- Experience designing/developing low-level software specifically to enable Data Center hardware.
- Prior hands-on experience with GPU computing libraries like CUDA and ROCm is a major plus.
- Prior hands-on with LINUX Kernel/drivers, PCIe, BMC, BIOS/BSP
- CPU/GPU based compute server firmware development
- AI workload/Orchestration
- Networking Data path knowledge
- Strong SW engineering and product development experience
Responsibilities
- Lead more than one high-performance software team working across multiple firmware layers (low-level drivers to specialized AI stacks) and be responsible for creating the Technical Roadmap.
- Set yearly budgets, plans, and team goals.
- Provide direction, regular performance evaluations, ongoing feedback, and drive KPI targets.
- Coach tech leads on strengths/weaknesses; mentor team members on technical problem-solving, strategic thinking, and domain skills.
- Act as a primary customer contact to review/interpret specifications.
- Collaborating closely with hardware design, software, program, and product management teams.
- Take the lead in New Product Introductions (NPIs), drive continuous improvements, and contribute to industry technical forums.
- Gather system-wide requirements and provide cross-system technical solutions.
- Design, implement, and maintain drivers, application software, and software libraries that drive next-generation CPU/GPU Data Center systems.
- Review and maintain the quality of production-bound code.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
