Student Intern, Aerospace and Defense Engineering Associate

Celestica Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 32,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. in Canada is offering a 16‑month Student Intern position in Aerospace and Defense Engineering. The role is remote with potential occasional travel to a local facility, starting May 2027.

Work will involve data analysis, design documentation review, and collaboration with global teams on component proposals and supplier prioritization. You will gain hands‑on office experience, develop technical and communication skills, and engage in development programs within a large technology

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a university/college internship program, 3rd year in Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Proficient with MS Office and Adobe Acrobat.
• Strong communication and time-management skills.
• Self-starter and adaptable learner.

Responsibilities

• Provide comparison data from similar components.
• Interface with supplier chain to determine priority of components.
• Review design documents to understand design intent.
• Support testing of components and end units (documentation only).
• Create tables and documents justifying new components.
• Generate proposals and 4UP charts.
• Maintain proposal database (Platypus) with status/progress updates.
• Lead internal review meetings for proposals and weekly RAIL meetings with major customers.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Time management

Detail oriented

Self starter

Autonomy

Education

Engineering student (3rd year) in Electrical/Aerospace/Mechanical

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

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Student Intern, Aerospace and Defense Engineering Associate

Date: Sep 23, 2026

Location: Remote Employee Canada, ON, CA

16 Month Internship

As a global technology leader, Celestica designs, engineers, and manufactures industry-leading products and services that drive customer success and market advancement. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, we bring together over 33,000 employees across more than 45 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. Working with the world’s leading technology companies across a broad range of industries, Celestica helps its customers achieve a competitive advantage.These products span key areas such as data centre technology, aerospace and defense, healthtech, and capital equipment.

Working at Celestica is more than a job. It’s about being part of something bigger and shaping the future with your work. You’ll take on exciting and challenging projects, get hands‑on experience, collaborate with a global team, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry. And just as we aspire to imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers, we’re just as committed to delivering the best employee experience.

Benefits for Students Include:

Experience working for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies

Possibility of a student casual contract position after completion of internship

Possibility of a full‑time position after completion of degree

Access to Celestica’s development programs and projects

Celestica's Time Off to Volunteer program – two paid days off to volunteer per year

Fun intern activities including celebration events and networking

Internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance

What’s in it for you?

Opportunity: Job experience at a large Canadian-based global company

Innovation: We look to our employees to implement new ideas and improve the way we do things

Collaboration: Students work as part of global teams, enabled by collaborative technology

Sustainability: We uphold strong ethics, reduce our impact on the environment and empower employees to give back to the community with two paid days off per year to volunteer

Development opportunities: including soft skills courses, innovation projects and mentorship

Networking: Strategically build your professional network to advance your career and deepen relationships across your peers and colleagues.

Fun: Our interns have the opportunity to participate in fun activities including intern social events, Celestica’s charitable initiatives and our Spirit Week activities

About this opportunity:

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Adobe Acrobat.

Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interface directly with Engineering, Supply Chain, outside Suppliers/Vendors, and Manufacturing teams.

Well organized, good time‑management skills, detailed-oriented and a self‑starter.

Comfortable working autonomously with minimal supervision.

Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.

Highly adaptable with a strong desire to learn.

Activities:

Providing comparison data from similar components.

Interfacing with supplier chain to determine priority of components to investigate.

Review design documentation to understand design intent.

Support testing of components and/or end units (documentation only) for verification purposes.

Create tables and documents that justify the new selected components.

Generate proposals and 4UP charts.

Responsible for the continuous and timely update of the proposal database (Platypus) for any status/progress updates or to any of the data content (price, yearly demand, project type, etc).

Lead internal review meetings for the proposals they have generated and lead weekly RAIL meetings with our major customers (Honeywell, Collins, L3, etc)

Physical Demands, duties of this position are varied and will include:

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.

The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.

The hourly wage is determined by the years of study completed and is non‑negotiable as per company policy.

Hourly Wage: $23-30 CAD/hr

Start Date: May 2027

Location: Remote, Canada (may require occasional travel to 5140 Yonge St.)

Vacancies: 2 positions

Experience: No Formal Experience Required

Education: Currently enrolled in University/College internship program, completing 3rd year in a 4-year program of Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering.

***As this position involves work that is subject to the Canadian Government's Controlled Goods Program (CGP), your employment offer is conditional upon the successful completion of a security assessment by Celestica and/or its authorized agents, per the Controlled Goods Regulations.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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.

We use artificial intelligence tools to assist in screening and assessing applications for this role. All hiring decisions involve human review.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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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