Design Engineering Principal

Req ID: Remote Position: No Region: Asia  Country: India  State/Province: Chennai  City: Guindy, Chennai  Principal Engineer, Software Celestica is looking for a talented and passionate software engineers who can help drive next generation data center and AI compute blades to join our team. You'll be responsible for designing, developing, and testing software that runs on SmartNICs, enabling high-performance networking and offloading critical workloads from the main CPU. #LI-LZ1 Key Responsibilities Software Development: You'll be responsible for designing, developing, and testing software that runs on SmartNICs, enabling high-performance networking and offloading critical workloads from the main CPU. Optimize code for performance, efficiency, and low latency Innovate new ideas in conjunction with networking engineers to optimize overall data center efficiency Architect solutions for customer’s data center management needs working with multiple lower-level drivers, OS, libraries  Hardware Integration: You'll be responsible for designing, developing, and testing software that runs on SmartNICs, enabling high-performance networking and offloading critical workloads from the main CPU. Troubleshoot and resolve hardware-software interaction issues Performance Optimization: Analyze and optimize network performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions. Develop and implement performance testing methodologies and tools. Security : Design and implement security features for SmartNIC software, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality Stay up-to-date on security best practices and vulnerability remediation Collaboration : Work effectively in a team environment, collaborating with engineers and peer functional leads from different disciplines to innovate solutions, triage issues and speed execution Work with product line management, customers and sales teams to understand requirements  Explain the value addition software brings to technical and non-technical audiences.  Leadership :  Mentor and coach team members on the technical skills and approaches to solve problems. Review and maintain quality of code going into production.  Architect software applications that will work across multiple technology generations with minimal changes. Present innovation and value addition from our software in technical forums and customer interactions  Knowledge/Skills/Competencies Strong programming skills: Proficiency in C, C++, P4 and other low-level programming languages.  Networking knowledge: Deep understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet, etc.) and concepts Operating system knowledge: Experience with Linux driver kernel development is a plus Hardware experience: Familiarity with main elements of CPU, DPU, memory, NICs, board monitoring elements is a must Debugging and testing skills: Ability to identify and resolve software and hardware issues. Problem-solving skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities Experience with GPU programming: Prior experience GPU libraries like CUDA and ROCm is huge plus Experience with SmartNICs: Prior experience developing software for SmartNICs and understanding of cloud computing architectures and services is the plus Clear Communication: Proven ability to articulate requirements and vision to large and diverse audience through written documents like architecture specifications and verbal presentations in technical forums is required.  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 Experience 15-20 years 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. 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.