Job Description
Summary
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
Detail Description
Role Overview
An active, hands-on Manager who balances deep past expertise in low-level embedded software with active, comprehensive people management. You will lead multiple high-performance engineering teams developing firmware, drivers, and specialized software stacks for next-generation AI Compute/Storage and Data Center hardware (CPU/GPU).
Management & Leadership Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: 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.
- People Management: Set yearly budgets, plans, and team goals. Provide direction, regular performance evaluations, ongoing feedback, and drive KPI targets.
- Mentorship: Coach tech leads on strengths/weaknesses; mentor team members on technical problem-solving, strategic thinking, and domain skills.
- Cross-Functional & Customer Strategy: Act as a primary customer contact to review/interpret specifications. Collaborating closely with hardware design, software, program, and product management teams.
- Execution & Innovation: Take the lead in New Product Introductions (NPIs), drive continuous improvements, and contribute to industry technical forums.
Technical Responsibilities
- 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.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering.
- Overall Experience: 15+ years of experience in the industry with a proven ability to lead teams.
- Programming Core: 8+ years of experience in C / C++ and other low-level programming languages and embedded systems.
- Hardware & Board Bring-up: 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).
- Driver Development: 5+ years of experience in Device Drivers (PCIe, I2C, etc.), including board bring-up to verify functionality (Linux kernel bring-up, enablement, and upstreaming).
- Systems & Architecture Knowledge: * Strong understanding of BIOS, BMC, Secure Boot, and Linux Kernel.
- Experience in Real-Time OS (RTOS) / Linux kernel memory management, interrupts, and IOMMU.
- Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; proven capability to articulate requirements through written architecture specs and verbal presentations.
Preferred Qualifications
- 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.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
- 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
Physical Demands
Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required. Occasional travel may be required.
Typical Education
Bachelor degree or higher education in Engineering
Notes
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.