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Req ID: 121994

Remote Position: No

Region: Asia

Country: India

State/Province: Chennai

City: Guindy, Chennai

General Overview

Job Title: Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)

Career Stream: Design - Software Engineering

Role: Senior Manager (SMG)

Job Band: 11

IC/MGR: Manager

Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Celestica is looking for a senior manager in software engineering with firmware experience who is passionate about leading people to develop high quality, reliable software that works closely with hardware to enable high performance.

The person will be responsible for leading and managing a team of software engineers who develop, debug, test, deploy and support code to be deployed in BMC (board management controllers) and software to control a fleet of BMC.

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering manages interaction with cross functional teams including designers, customers, manufacturing engineering, hardware engineering, product line management, program management and executive leadership.

The person will also inspire the team to innovate and go beyond written requirements to differentiate our products.

The person should be familiar with Agile and other software development practices and be able follow phase/gate quality criteria to ensure robust and high quality software.

Detailed Description

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

• Manage the software team doing the design, development and testing of firmware and applications like BMC and orchestration software

• Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.)

• Do detailed project schedules, manage priorities and balance multiple projects

• Be the primary interface for the team with wider team including software validation, hardware engineers, manufacturing engineering, program management, customer support and executive management.

• Review and interpret customer specifications and act as primary customer contact when necessary

• Do continuous improvement of software learning lessons from previous projects, customer deployments.

• Coach and mentor high performance software engineers in their career and advance their skills

• Attract and hire a team of high-quality software engineers

• Interact with open source community

• Develops deployment strategies and plans.

• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.

• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Experience in firmware, device driver, boot loader development.

• Minimum of 3 years experience in managing a team of software developers

• Project Management - Ability to manage complex, multiple line engineering projects that will 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

• The following competencies will be required: Coaching and Mentoring; Communication, Negotiation, Presentation skills; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction, Stakeholder Management;

• Leadership - Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.

• Experience in delivering platforms with BMC firmware will be a plus

• Experience in various storage products (RAID controllers, disk array enclosures, network attached storage systems, and storage servers) and server products (Rack mount server, Blade server, converged server) and enterprise network switch product will be a plus

• Experience in delivering turn-key solutions for customers

• Knowledge of the following are preferable: 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 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 Experience

• 12 to 18 years

Typical Education

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

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

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.