Staff Engineer, Software

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Summary

Celestica is looking for a dynamic software engineer who is passionate about working closely withthe HW/SW interface to enable management of a fleet of devices in tomorrow's data center environments.The person needs be very conversant with board management controllers, low level drivers and capable of mentoring a team of engineers.

The Staff Engineer, Software will work in cross functional teams with customers, product line management, manufacturing engineering, hardware engineering, quality assurance and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality software.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead the design, development and implementation of software for board management controllers and orchestration software which will use the BMC to monitor and maintain a fleet of devices in tomorrow's data center environment.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers. Should be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas.
• Review and interpret customerrequirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract.
• Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions.
• Do project planning and raise warnings to management about risks to projects
• Develops deployment strategies and plans.
• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customers, users, project managers and other engineers .
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

Prior Technical Knowledge

• Solid C programming skills.
• In-depth understanding of Linux kernel, devicedriver, IPC, U-boot.
• Familiarity with Linux application development. Knowledge of real time OS like ThreadX is a plus.
• Knowledge of BMC including IPMI, SDR, SEL, FRU records, SOL, IPMB, Side-band LAN, KCS and KVM.
• Knowledge of Redfish and other management protocols.
• Experience with board bringup.
• Working knowledge of BMC related Hardware suchas ARM, BMC chip (AST 2500, AST2600, Pilot 4 etc.), HW-monitor and Super-IO,NC-SI NIC, phy.
• Working knowledge of common bus such as I2C, IPMB, PMBUS, SPI, LPC, UART, JTAG.
• Experience with OpenBMC is a plus.
• Experience with one or more of the following standards/technologies: SCSI, SES, RAID, SAS, SATA, SSD, SMART, PCI Express, HBA, network protocol TCP/UDP, etc is a plus.
• Experience with PSoC or MCU firmware development is a plus.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Leadership - Demonstrate People & Team Leadership Behaviors as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
• The following are required: Coaching/Mentoring; Communication/Negotiation/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management;
• Knowledge ofthe following areas are a plus: Quality & Lean; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action; Equipment Safety; Design of Experiments (DOE).

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties mayrequire extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitivemanual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasionaltravel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 10 to 15 years

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.