Lead Embedded Software Engineer - Cloud Hardware

Celestica; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica in San Jose, CA is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to join the Hardware Platform Services team and help design and deliver cloud hardware software for compute, storage, AI servers, and networking switches.

You will work on drivers, libraries, and low-level software across CPU/GPU systems in data centers, with emphasis on reliability and performance. The role requires strong C/C++, embedded systems, and experience with Linux kernel bring-up.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in C / C++ and other low-level programming languages and embedded systems
• 5+ years of experience in hardware bring-up, validation of low-level interfaces, and troubleshooting hardware/software interfaces (PCIe, USB, DDR, MIPI, Ethernet)
• Experience in Linux kernel bring-up, kernel enablement and upstreaming
• 5+ years of experience in Device Drivers such as PCIE, I2C, etc.
• Knowledge of BIOS, BMC, Secure Boot, Linux Kernel, etc.
• Experience in Real Time OS / Linux kernel memory management, interrupts, IOMMU

Responsibilities

• Gather Requirements and provide technical solutions across the system
• Design and implement drivers and application software for next generation CPU and GPU data-center systems
• Develop, augment and maintain software libraries to support computing on CPU / GPUs
• Mentor and coach team members on technical approaches
• Review and maintain code quality before production deployment

Skills

C / C++

Embedded systems

PCIe

Linux kernel

RTOS

Debugging

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Celestica in San Jose, CA is seeking a Staff Embedded Software Engineer to join the Hardware Platform Services team and help design and deliver cloud hardware software for compute, storage, AI servers, and networking switches.

You will work on drivers, libraries, and low-level software across CPU/GPU systems in data centers, with emphasis on reliability and performance. The role requires strong C/C++, embedded systems, and experience with Linux kernel bring-up.