Lead Engineer, Software; Austin

08 - Lead Engineer, Software (Austin)

Company: Celestica

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Summary: The Lead Engineer, Software shall be responsible for developing, debugging, validating and deploying Network Operating System (NOS) SW code to be deployed in switches and routers that are targeted for Data Center/AI-DC, Enterprise and Campus markets. This is a pure individual contributor (IC) role and the ideal candidate is required to have a strong background in NOS architecture and L2/L3 protocol development.

Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA

Job Details:

• Functional Area:
  
  Engineering
• Career Stream:
  Design – Software Engineering
• Job Level: Level 08
• IC/MGR:
  Individual Contributor
• Direct/Indirect Indicator:
  Indirect
• Employment Type:
  
  Full-time
• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior Level
• Job Function:
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industry: Manufacturing

• Work as a team member who understands/interprets technical problems and provides technical support.
• Solve assigned problems under guidance of more senior engineers.
• Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites.
• Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.
• Test software development methodology (may be done in agile environment)
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customers, users, project managers and other engineers including Peer-Reviews to achieve elegant solutions.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations.

• Networking Stack – Layer‑2 (xSTP, LLDP, LACP etc), Layer‑3 (BGP, OSPF, PIM etc), IPSec, IKE, GRE, EVPN/VxLAN, MPLS, QoS.
• Management – SNMP, Netconf/Yang, REST, CLI, gNMI, gRPC.
• System Features – Platform Bringup (including implementing Linux device drivers), Stacking, High Availability etc.
• Programming Languages – C, C++, Python, GoLang.
• NOS – Experience in NOS development/sustenance.; SONIC NOS experience is a plus.
• ASICs/NPU – Working experience with Broadcom preferred but not required; XGS/DNX family of Devices or Marvell – Innovium/Prestera Family of devices.
• Leadership – Demonstrate individual leadership behaviors as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
• Financial Acumen / Business Planning – Solid understanding of Celestica’s budgeting and accounting system and the cost accounting practices relevant to engineering work; act with awareness of work's impact on financial results; communicate clearly and timely about aspects of work affecting profitability.
• Additional competencies may also be required: coaching/mentoring, communication/negotiation/presentation, creative problem solving, customer interaction/ stakeholder management, quality & lean, working effectively with others, D/PFMEA, 8D/corrective action, equipment safety, design of experiments (DOE).

• Duties 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.

6 to 10 years

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

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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