Lead Engineer, Software Test

About the position

The Lead Engineer, Software Test 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). The Lead Engineer, Software works in cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Responsibilities

• Work as a team member who understands/interprets technical problems and provides technical support.
• Solve assigned problems under guidance of more senior engineers.
• Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites.
• Design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.
• Test software development methodology (may be done in agile environment).
• Provide ongoing maintenance, support and enhancements in existing systems and platforms.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with customers, users, project managers and other engineers including Peer-Reviews to achieve elegant solutions.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations.

Requirements

• Strong debugging skills and experience with embedded OS Qualification - RTOS, Linux (preferred).
• Strong analytical skills, ability to design and develop test-plans based on product requirements.
• Automation and scripting skills - Python with Pytest, Robot and Selenium frameworks.
• Hands on experience in end to end software development life-cycle, with a concentration on functional and systems testing.
• Must be able to design and develop modular, automated test-cases and scripts.
• Test Experience in open Networking, Storage, or server technologies, Rack integration, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure.
• BIOS: RAS, Core complex, ACPI, SMBIOS, Numa nodes, UEFI, PCIe, USB Validation.
• Firmware Validation/GPU direct to storage/GPU RDMA Validation/HPC server validation/BSP Level Verification/PCIe or CXL Validation.
• BMC/iDRAC/iLO with GUI/Redfish/IPMI validation.
• Must have a data-centric approach to SW quality tracking, monitoring and enhancements.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management - Ability to manage a single line engineering project with a limited number of participants.
• Leadership - Demonstrate 'Individual Leadership Behaviors' as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
• Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Solid understanding of Celestica's budgeting and accounting system and the cost accounting practices relevant to engineering work.
• Coaching/Mentoring; Communication/Negotiation/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving; Customer Interaction/Stakeholder Management; Quality & Lean; Working Effectively with Others; D/PFMEA; 8D/Corrective Action; Equipment Safety; Design of Experiments (DOE).