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Lead Engineer, Software (Austin)

Celestica and Careers
Richardson, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 4/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/25/2026

Req ID: 129024
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Richardson

General Overview

Functional Area: Engineering
Career Stream: Design - Software Engineering
SAP Short Name: LEN-ENG-DSE
Job Level: Level 08
IC/MGR: Individual Contributor
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Celestica is looking for talented and passionate software engineers, who can help drive next generation data center and AI compute blades to join our team.

The role demands developing, debugging, and testing software at various levels in the hierarchy (from Firmware to Application) to be deployed in cloud/data centers. Software development cycle follows an agreed to development process (such as Agile, Scrum, etc.) and complies with the product life cycle development (phase/gate deliverables). He/she also works with cross functional teams with HW designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development.

Detailed Description

The role will include the below responsibilities

Software Development:

  • Develop BMC/BIOS firmware in the Linux environment
  • Develop Diagnostic firmware for manufacturing tests and for extended testing at the assembly and deployment locations
  • Develop Linux device drivers (I2C, SPI, LPC, PCIE etc.)
  • Develop secure firmware update to all programmable components (BIOS, EEPROM, CPLD, FPGA etc.).
  • Working knowledge with main elements of CPU, DPU, memory, NICs, board monitoring elements is a must

Hardware Integration:

  • Board bringup and validation of all low-level interactions with hardware
  • Troubleshoot and resolve hardware-software interaction issues

Security:

  • Implement features for verification of trusted software like secure boot

Collaboration:

  • Work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with own and peer teams from different disciplines to triage issues and speed execution

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

  • Deeper knowledge and experience in programming in C,C or other low level programming languages.
  • Knowledge and understanding of open source, cross platform development.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the embedded and Linux device driver development.

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

  • 4 to 8 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 without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Celestica is an E-Verify employer.


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.

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