Sr. Software Manager, Firmware Validation

Responsibilities:

- Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.

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

- Review and interpret customer specifications and may act as primary customer contact.

- Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develops deployment strategies and plans.

- Lead the deployment of strategic complex programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.

- May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.

- 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

- Domain Expertise: Strong understanding of embedded systems, firmware, and networking hardware validation.

- Team Player: Excellent collaboration skills and ability to work effectively within a cross-functional engineering team.

- Strong Communication Skills: Ability to clearly articulate technical issues, test plans, and results to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Knowledge & Skills:

- Project Management - Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may 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

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

- Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Ability to create financial plans for your projects, align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed. Create project plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks. Fully knowledgeable about internal and external financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements relevant to your area of expertise.

- The following 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).

- Experience in handling team members doing end-to-end validation of firmware for networking products (e.g., switches, routers, NICs).

- Experience to lead teams doing following technical tasks:

1. BMC (Baseboard Management Controller): Validation using interfaces like Redfish, IPMI, or proprietary GUIs.

2. BIOS/UEFI: Verification of boot sequences, configuration settings, and platform stability.

3. SDK (Software Development Kit) Validation: Testing the functionality and integration of SDKs provided for networking hardware.

4. Diag (Diagnostics) Validation: Thorough testing of low-level diagnostic tools and stress utilities to ensure hardware integrity and fault detection.

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

- 12 to 18 years of relevant working experience in firmware validation, QA, or embedded systems testing, preferably on networking or server/storage products.