Director, Design Engineering

Location:

Merrimack, TX, US

This position is for a Director, Design Engineering, responsible for leading and managing multiple programs and teams developing the firmware/Software for Celestica’s or Celestica’s customer products. The responsibility includes setting the strategic direction for the team, collaborating with different internal and external stakeholders for timely delivery of the products with the highest quality.

The Director will be playing a key role in driving the New Product Initiatives by enabling the team to prepare the technical proposal, estimation and planning. Also the role will demand regular interactions with executives and major customers.

Interactions may involve program readouts, understanding and responding to customer technical and non-technical requirements and also responding professionally and proactively to potential problems/escalations.

The candidate must be a thought leader and be forward thinking. Additionally, as a people leader, he/she will hire and groom a team of high performing technical leads/architects/managers, working with them on objective setting and professional development initiatives. Candidates with prior experience in firmware development for storage, networking and AI compute servers, with strong leadership and excellent communication skills are suitable for this position.

• Lead a high-performance software team that works with multiple layers of firmware from the lowest level drivers to higher layers of specialized stacks for AI Compute and Networking Data Center switching products
• Coach and mentor the team in understanding their strengths and weaknesses
• Take the lead in project planning and scheduling
• Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.)
• Review and interpret customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contact
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware design, other software teams, program and product management
• Set yearly plans and goals for the team, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback
• Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Work with the team to elevate technical skills and consistently apply best practices
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge

• Seasoned technical manager handling teams of 10-15 engineers
• Linux Kernel/drivers/BSP, BIOS, PCIe, BMC, Manufacturing Diagnostic software, C/C++/Python knowledge
• Data Center Networking switches platform software knowledge is a plus
• GenAI tools skills is a plus

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.

15+ years of 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.

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