11 - Senior Staff Engineer, Software

Celestica Inc.; Telangana; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. in Chennai (Guindy), India is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Software to lead and mentor a software team, define technical direction, and collaborate with product, sales, hardware, and manufacturing to deliver high-performance storage platform solutions.

The role requires 10+ years of hands-on experience, strong communication, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment. Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of working experience in relevant areas.
• Bachelor's or Master degree in ECE, CS, IT or EE.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, multitasking and organizational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring team

Customer interaction

Solution design understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Open source contributions

Education

Bachelor's or Master in ECE/CS/IT/EE

Tools

RESTful API

Redfish

Swordfish

CXL

Broadcom SDK

Microchip SDK

Job description

11 - Senior Staff Engineer, Software

Date: Oct 11, 2026

Location: Guindy, Chennai, TN, IN

Key leadership skills

• 4+ years of experience in technical leadership role
• A track record of leading and mentoring a software team
• Ability to interact with customers to gather requirements, explain the design, troubleshoot issues in live environment
• Ability to understand the overall solution for the customer and translate this into a cost effective and reliable design
• Experience working with cross functional teams including product management, sales, hardware engineering, manufacturing teams to design high-performance, cost-effective solutions for storage platforms
• Ability to contribute and engage in authorized open source and external tech forums

Other relevant and desirable Technical Skills (one or more of the below)

• Experience in RESTful API, Redfish, Swordfish, CXL
• Hands-on experience with one or more of Broadcom, Microchip SDK

Other Requirements

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.

Experience:

• Bachelors or Master degree in ECE, CS, IT or EE
• 10+ years of working experience and hands‑on experience in one or more areas of the skills section
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal, multitasking and organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure. (#LI-DA1)

Education:

Bachelor degree or higher education in Engineering

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).
At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

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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