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Celestica Inc. lists this Senior Lead Engineer, Software 1 opportunity in richardson, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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Senior Lead Engineer, Software 1
Date: Aug 9, 2026
General Overview
Functional Area: Engineering
Career Stream: Design - Software Engineering
SAP Short Name: SLE-ENG-DSE
Job Level: Level 09
IC/MGR: Individual Contributor
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
The Senior Lead Engineer, Software develops, debugs, tests, deploys and supports 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).
Detailed Description
Architect/Develop/Validate a full stack application to ease the task of designing, deploying and monitoring a next generation data centre including GPU/AI compute elements.
Build Network validation techniques for GPU centric traffic patterns.
Work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with engineers and peer functional leads from different disciplines to innovate solutions, triage issues and provide high speed execution
Mentor and coach team members on the technical skills and approaches to solve problems.
Develop Test Strategies for Testing Different Rack Designs with Varying Rack elements. Implement Test Strategies with available elements/create mock elements as needed.
Develop Test Frameworks for Automating Rest APIs, User Interfaces and k8s deployments.
Work with product line management, customers and sales teams to understand requirements, review test plans and ensure smooth handoff to System Test teams by meeting their acceptance criteria.
Present innovation and value addition from our software in technical forums and customer interactions
Experience in validating Orchestration Software as well as OAM software for Switches and Servers in Datacenter deployments..
Knowledge of setting up End-End Testbeds involving Switches and Servers/Storage and able to run either VM or Container workloads.
Hands on Skills in setting up virtual topologies using software like GNS3 and usage for different test strategies.
Hands on skills in Test Automation using Python, Selenium ( UI ) as well as Network Automation tools like Ansible.
Experience in Analysing Rest/Redfish End Points and Developing Mock Systems to improve development velocity.
Clear Communication: Proven ability to articulate requirements and vision to large and diverse audience through written documents like architecture specifications and verbal presentations in technical forums is required.
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
6 to 12 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.
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.
Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.
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.
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.
This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.
Nearest Major Market: Dallas
Nearest Secondary Market: Fort Worth
Job Segment: Facilities, Testing, Test Engineer, Data Center, Developer, Operations, Technology, Engineering
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Worksite address
richardson, TX, 75080, US
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