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Celestica · 23 hours ago

12 - Director, Design Engineering 1 (Austin)

Celestica is a leader in design and manufacturing solutions, partnering with top companies across various sectors. They are seeking a Director of Design Engineering to lead multiple programs and teams in developing firmware/software, drive new product initiatives, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure high-quality product delivery.

ElectronicsManufacturingProduct DesignSupply Chain Management
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Responsibilities

Leads more than one 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/AI storage products
Takes the lead in NPIs
Drives the KPIs and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators
Coaches and mentor the leads in understanding their strengths and weakness
Reviews and interprets customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contact
Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including hardware design, other software teams, program and product management
Sets yearly budgets, plans and goals for the team, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback
Provides recommendations and drive continuous improvement on the objectives
Works with the team to elevate strategic thinking, elevate domain skills
Keeps up to date with the industry knowledge and contributes to tech forums

Qualification

LINUX Kernel/driversCPU/GPU firmware developmentAI workload/OrchestrationNetworking Data path knowledgeSW engineering experienceLeadershipCommunication skills

Required

17+ years of experience with a minimum 10 years of experience as manager/Senior Manager/Director
Bachelor degree or higher education in Engineering
Prior hands-on with LINUX Kernel/drivers, PCIe, BMC, BIOS/BSP
CPU/GPU based compute server firmware development
AI workload/Orchestration
Networking Data path knowledge
Strong SW engineering and product development experience

Company

Celestica

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Celestica is a manufacturing firm that provides design, hardware platform, and supply chain solutions to a multitude of industries.

H1B Sponsorship

Celestica has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (13)
2024 (3)
2023 (6)
2020 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.47B
2024-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $657.67M
2023-06-05Post Ipo Secondary· $148.8M
2021-09-30Post Ipo Debt· $660.4M

Leadership Team

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Robert Mionis
President and CEO
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