Senior Lead Software Engineer - BMC & Board Control

Celestica Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. seeks a Senior Lead Engineer, Software to drive software design and implementation for board management controllers. You will lead a sizeable team across cross-functional groups, review complex customer requirements, and shape deployment strategies.

Required: strong C/C++ with Linux kernel and BMC knowledge; experience with OpenBMC. This role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management in a fast-paced data center context.

Qualifications

• Lead design, development and deployment of software for board management controllers.
• Provide technical leadership to a large team of engineers and act as a goto expert.
• Review customer requirements and interpret specifications; may act as primary customer contact.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of software for BMC platforms and orchestration tooling.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to engineers; mentor team members.
• Review customer requirements and lead trade-off analyses for complex systems.
• Plan projects, communicate risks to management and develop deployment strategies.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams including customers and project managers.
• Develop tests and test-automation suites; support continuous improvement.
• Work with Linux kernel, device drivers, IPC, and U-boot; understand real-time OS concepts.
• Experience with OpenBMC is a plus; familiarity with IPMI and related protocols.

Skills

C programming

C++

Linux kernel

Device driver

RTOS knowledge

OpenBMC

Mentoring/coaching

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Tools

IPMI

U-boot

BMC hardware

Redfish

Job description

Celestica Inc. seeks a Senior Lead Engineer, Software to drive software design and implementation for board management controllers. You will lead a sizeable team across cross-functional groups, review complex customer requirements, and shape deployment strategies.

Required: strong C/C++ with Linux kernel and BMC knowledge; experience with OpenBMC. This role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder management in a fast-paced data center context.