Staff Engineer - PCB Layout Design (Storage/ Server/ Network)

Celestica Inc.; Seberang Perai; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global electronics manufacturing leader in Penang is seeking an experienced PCB Designer. The ideal candidate will lead complex PCB design projects, ensuring high quality and effective team workflow. Responsibilities include maintaining processes, leading planning, and communicating with stakeholders. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience and a strong knowledge of PCB design principles, tools, and processes.

Benefits

Diverse work environment

Career growth opportunities

Employee support programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years direct experience in complex PCB design.
• In-depth knowledge of electronics and printed circuit board design.
• Bachelor degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the process within the team.
• Lead planning a set of PCB designs.
• Communicate with internal/external customers and suppliers.

Skills

PCB design experience

Leadership

Problem-solving

Effective communication

Knowledge of CAD software

Electrical and thermal constraints understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

Cadence Allegro

Valor’s Enterprise tool

Job description

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Date: Sep 2, 2025

Location: Penang, 07, MY

Summary

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Detailed Description

Maintains tasks and responsibilities related to PCB design and team workflow as described below.

• Maintain the process within the team
• Keep the PCB team output at high quality
• Lead planning a set of PCBs design at RFQ and planning stage, balance feasibility and cost
• Accurate estimate PCB design effort and schedule
• Lead peer review, manager review, and cross site review
• Capable to lead a complex (server, storage, switch) PCB design
• Capable top-down the PCB design from Planning to detail PCB design
• Capable supervises other designers and helps to troubleshoot and solve CAD software problems
• Maintains PCB design integrity through updates and records of changes
• Be the key interface, meets with project team leaders, designers, customer and suppliers
• The designer must be able to initiate and lead activities to improve the design process and increase the efficiency of the design tools
• Evaluates, recommends and tests CAD software and other programs necessary for PC design
• Seeks out new approaches for building internal and external relationships; maintains contacts with existing relationships
• Understand electrical/SI/PI/power mechanical/thermal constraints, select the best strategy for layout implementation
• Active RF, Power, Analog experience is a plus
• Running SI/PI tools, drive the results is a plus
• Extensive computer and ECAD tools knowledge
• Cadence Allegro V17.x preferred
• In-depth knowledge of electronics and printed circuit board design
• In-depth knowledge of fabrication, assembly and test processes, including use of Valor’s Enterprise tool - Diagnose and prioritize issues and solve design related problems
• Communicate with internal/external customers and supplier
• Communications – logically, clear, concise, both written and spoken
• Top down and details orientated. - Drive issues to root cause, logical problem solving
• Aggressively drive tasks independently and to seek out information internally, externally
• Lead a complex project PCBs design, up to 56 layers, 56G/112G/224G
• Top-down (Breakdown) the PCB design from Planning to detail PCB design
• Supervises designers and troubleshooting and solving software problems

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

• Min 5 years’ direct experience in complex PCB design, 8 and plus years preferred

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

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.