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Date: Jul 28, 2026

Location: Austin, TX, US

Celestica is looking for talented and passionate software engineers for the Hardware Platform Services team. This team is responsible for designing and developing Cloud Hardware infrastructure that includes Compute, Storage, AI servers and Networking Switches. As aSoftware Engineer, you will play a key role in defining and delivering state of the art CloudInfrastructure products.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in C / C++ and other low-level programming languages andembedded systems
• 5+ years of experience in Device Drivers such as PCIE, I2C, etc., knowledge of BIOS, BMC,Secure Boot, Linux Kernel, etc.
• 5+ years of experience in Hardware bring-up, validation of all low-level interactions,troubleshooting and resolution of hardware / software interfaces
• Platform bring-up / board bring-up
• Linux kernel bring-up / kernel enablement / upstreaming
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Proven ability to articulate requirements and solutions to diverse audiences through writtendocuments like architecture specifications and verbal presentations in technical forums.

Preferred Qualification:

• Familiarity with main elements of CPU, DPU, memory, NICs
• Experience in designing and developing low level software to enable Data Center hardware
• Prior experience GPU libraries like CUDA and ROCm is a plus

• 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.

• 9 to 15 years

Bachelors Degree or higher education in Engineering

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.#HPS-NA

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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