Software Engineering Manager

About the Role

Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling. Global SME with comprehensive knowledge and industry recognition. Provides technical leadership and direction to a global team of engineers. Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex, multi-domain projects and participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Act as a global SME providing technical leadership and direction to a global team of engineers.
• Manage non-technical elements of engineering projects, including people and financials, and create project/change management plans.
• Review and interpret customer specifications and may act as primary customer contact.
• Analyze trade-offs in complex systems, recommend solutions and develop deployment strategies and plans.
• Lead deployment of strategic complex programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts; may manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Analyze, design and develop tests and test-automation suites and design and develop a processing platform using various configuration management technologies.
• Test software development methodology (may be done in agile environment) and 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 and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations.

Qualifications

• Project Management - Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may involve other functions; create project/change management plans and ensure delivery within assigned time and budget; recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plans.
• Leadership - Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives.
• Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Ability to create financial plans for projects, align internally and externally if needed, perform profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, and understand internal and external financial reporting, accounting and tax requirements relevant to the area of expertise.
• The following competencies may also be required: 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).

Additional Information

• Duties performed in a normal office environment; 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.