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What Is a Software Manager?
A software manager oversees the development, installation, and maintenance of new or upgraded software for an organization. As a software manager, you coordinate with staff to determine client needs and expectations, establish budget and timelines, and ensure that employees use the product correctly. You may also train company employees on how to utilize the software after it is installed and help troubleshoot problems that arise.
What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Software Manager, and why are they important?
How does a Software Manager typically balance hands-on technical work with leadership responsibilities?
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What is the difference between Software Manager vs Software Engineer?
| Aspect | Software Manager | Software Engineer |
|---|---|---|
| Required Credentials | Bachelor's or higher in CS or related field; management experience | Bachelor's or higher in CS or related field; coding skills |
| Work Environment | Oversees teams, manages projects, strategic planning | Develops software, writes code, tests applications |
| Employer & Industry Usage | Used in tech companies, startups, large enterprises | Used across all tech sectors, startups, corporate IT |
The main difference between a Software Manager and a Software Engineer lies in their roles. Software Managers focus on team leadership, project management, and strategic planning, while Software Engineers are primarily responsible for coding and developing software. Both roles require technical knowledge, but their responsibilities and work focus differ significantly.

Full-time
Posted 14 days ago
Celestica rating
8.6
Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
16th of 137 rated electronics manufacturers
Job description
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Texas
City: Austin
Summary
Celestica is looking for talented and passionate Sr.Manager, Software Engineering . This team is responsible for designing and developing Cloud Hardware infrastructure that includes Compute, Storage, AI servers and Networking Switches. As a Sr.Manager, you will play a key role in defining and delivering state of the art Cloud Hardware products.
Celestica is leading the charge in the AI-driven era by developing ultra-dense, power-efficient, and high-speed infrastructure solutions. Our approach is grounded in extensive engineering expertise, a proven track record of technology experience, a resilient supply chain and strong global partnerships. We collaborate with customers to design purpose-built solutions that guarantee optimized performance, engineered reliability, and a truly agile, future-ready foundation for tomorrow's AI infrastructure demand
Detail Description
Role Overview
An active, hands-on Manager who balances deep past expertise in low-level embedded software with active, comprehensive people management. You will lead multiple high-performance engineering teams developing firmware, drivers, and specialized software stacks for next-generation AI Compute/Storage and Data Center hardware (CPU/GPU).
Management & Leadership Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Lead more than one high-performance software team working across multiple firmware layers (low-level drivers to specialized AI stacks) and be responsible for creating the Technical Roadmap.
- People Management: Set yearly budgets, plans, and team goals. Provide direction, regular performance evaluations, ongoing feedback, and drive KPI targets.
- Mentorship: Coach tech leads on strengths/weaknesses; mentor team members on technical problem-solving, strategic thinking, and domain skills.
- Cross-Functional & Customer Strategy: Act as a primary customer contact to review/interpret specifications. Collaborating closely with hardware design, software, program, and product management teams.
- Execution & Innovation: Take the lead in New Product Introductions (NPIs), drive continuous improvements, and contribute to industry technical forums.
Technical Responsibilities
- Gather system-wide requirements and provide cross-system technical solutions.
- Design, implement, and maintain drivers, application software, and software libraries that drive next-generation CPU/GPU Data Center systems.
- Review and maintain the quality of production-bound code.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering.
- Overall Experience: 15+ years of experience in the industry with a proven ability to lead teams.
- Programming Core: 8+ years of experience in C / C++ and other low-level programming languages and embedded systems.
- Hardware & Board Bring-up: 5+ years of experience in hardware bring-up, validation, troubleshooting, and resolution of hardware/software interfaces (Bootloader and High-speed interfaces: PCIe, USB, DDR, MIPI, Ethernet).
- Driver Development: 5+ years of experience in Device Drivers (PCIe, I2C, etc.), including board bring-up to verify functionality (Linux kernel bring-up, enablement, and upstreaming).
- Systems & Architecture Knowledge: * Strong understanding of BIOS, BMC, Secure Boot, and Linux Kernel.
- Experience in Real-Time OS (RTOS) / Linux kernel memory management, interrupts, and IOMMU.
- Soft Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; proven capability to articulate requirements through written architecture specs and verbal presentations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with major hardware elements: CPU, DPU, memory, and NICs.
- Experience designing/developing low-level software specifically to enable Data Center hardware.
- Prior hands-on experience with GPU computing libraries like CUDA and ROCm is a major plus.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
- Prior hands-on with LINUX Kernel/drivers, PCIe, BMC, BIOS/BSP
- CPU/GPU based compute server firmware development
- AI workload/Orchestration
- Networking Data path knowledge
- Strong SW engineering and product development experience
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.
Typical Education
Bachelor degree or higher education in Engineering
Notes
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.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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.
This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.