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Senior Lead Engineer, Software

  2025-07-01     Celestica     San Francisco,CA  
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$137,032.00/yr - $188,859.00/yr

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We are seeking a Senior Lead Engineer, Software to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be instrumental in developing, debugging, testing, deploying, and supporting software for a range of applications. You will work across different software levels, from Firmware to Application, following development processes like Agile or Scrum and ensuring adherence to product life cycle standards.

You will collaborate with a diverse team, including designers, customers, manufacturing engineers, and project leaders, to drive robust and high-quality product development. Your feedback will help enhance designs in areas such as manufacturing, testing, supply chain, reliability, industrial design, and simulations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of innovative technical solutions across multiple domains.
  • Participate in project planning and scheduling to ensure successful delivery.
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, and be recognized as an expert in specific technical areas.
  • Review and interpret customer requirements and provide actionable feedback.
  • Oversee the deployment of strategic programs and coordinate efforts across different sites.
  • Advocate for and implement industry best practices.
  • Manage relationships with key vendors and partners.
  • Develop and automate tests, and create comprehensive test-automation suites.
  • Design and build processing platforms using various configuration management technologies.
  • Apply test software development methodologies in both traditional and agile environments.
  • Maintain, support, and enhance existing systems and platforms.
  • Collaborate with customers, project managers, and other engineers to deliver effective solutions.
  • Recommend and implement continuous improvements to technology and processes.
  • Stay informed about industry trends and regulations to keep our solutions at the forefront.
  • Hands-on experience with the entire software development life cycle, emphasizing functional and systems testing.
  • Proficiency in designing and developing modular, automated test cases and scripts.
  • Experience in areas such as:
  • Open networking, storage, or server technologies.
  • Rack integration, converged, and hyper-converged infrastructure.
  • BIOS validation (RAS, Core complex, ACPI, SMBIOS, NUMA nodes, UEFI, PCIe, USB).
  • Firmware validation, GPU direct-to-storage, GPU RDMA, HPC server validation, BSP Level Verification, PCIe, or CXL validation.
  • BMC/iDRAC/iLO with GUI/Redfish/IPMI validation.
  • Data-centric approach to software quality tracking, monitoring, and enhancement.
  • Strong debugging skills with experience in embedded OS qualification, including RTOS and Linux (preferred).
  • Analytical skills to design and develop test plans based on product requirements.
  • Automation and scripting expertise in Python, with experience in Pytest, Robot, and Selenium frameworks.

What We're Looking for

  • Experience leading complex engineering projects and managing technical, financial, and team aspects.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to guide and inspire others.
  • Ability to create and manage financial plans for projects and perform risk and sensitivity analysis.
  • Additional competencies include: Coaching/Mentoring, Communication/Negotiation, Creative Problem Solving, Customer Interaction, Quality & Lean practices, and Design of Experiments (DOE).

Physical Demands

  • The position is based in a standard office environment.
  • Extended periods of sitting and visual concentration on a computer monitor may be required.
  • Occasional travel might be necessary.

Education

  • 6 to 12 years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world's best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

Seniority level

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    Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Industries

    Manufacturing and Software Development

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