Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Req ID: 128499 
Region: Americas 
Country: USA 
State/Province: New Hampshire 
City:  Merrimack 

General Overview

Job Title:  Manager, Software Engineering 2
Functional Area:  Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream:  Design - Software Engineering
Role:  Manager (MG2)
Job Code:  MG2-ENG-DSE
Job Band: 10
Direct/Indirect Indicator:  Indirect

Summary

The Manager, Software Engineering responsible for leading and managing the employees who develop, debug, test, deploy and support code to be deployed in systems/products/equipment for various applications. They write, debug, maintain, and test software in various common languages and for software at various levels in the hierarchy (from Firmware to Application). Software creation follows an agreed to development process (such as Agile, Scrum, etc.) and complies with the product life cycle development (phase/gate deliverables).

The Manager, Software Engineering manages cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations. 

Detailed Description

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

• 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 requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract.
• 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.
• Set yearly plans and goals for the department, 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.

Prior Technical Knowledge

• Solid C, C++ programming skills.
• In-depth understanding of Linux kernel, device driver, IPC, U-boot.
• Familiarity with Linux application development. Knowledge of real time OS like ThreadX is a plus.
• Knowledge of BMC including IPMI, SDR, SEL, FRU records, SOL, IPMB, Side-band LAN, KCS and KVM.
• Knowledge of Redfish and other management protocols.
• Experience with board bringup.
• Working knowledge of BMC related Hardware such as ARM, BMC chip (AST 2500, AST2600, Pilot 4 etc.), HW-monitor and Super-IO, NC-SI NIC, phy.
• Working knowledge of common bus such as I2C, IPMB, PMBUS, SPI, LPC, UART, JTAG.
• Experience with OpenBMC is a plus.
• Experience with one or more of the following standards/technologies: SCSI, SES, RAID, SAS, SATA, SSD, SMART, PCI Express, HBA, network protocol TCP/UDP, etc is a plus.
• Experience with PSoC or MCU firmware development is a plus.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• 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 f