Director, Field System Architect

Celestica Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. is seeking a Director, Field System Architect based in Austin, TX. This leadership role requires extensive experience in compute/storage architecture and the ability to engage with both internal teams and customers effectively.

You will lead complex design initiatives, guide a multi-disciplinary team, and maintain close relationships with external partners. A Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering is mandatory, with 15 years of experience preferred. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of hardware design experience at the system level.
• Experience architecting and delivering compute/storage products.
• Participation in industry groups and associations.
• System level integration and manufacturing test experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to define complex compute/storage platform solutions.
• Develop and maintain technical relationships with suppliers.
• Act as primary technical interface with customers.
• Provide technical support to business development teams.

Skills

Leadership and strategic thinking

Customer presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Director, Field System Architect

Location: Austin, TX, US

Summary

As the Field System Architect Director (FSA), you will leverage your expertise and leadership skills in the market and customer domains to define the compute / storage product and system architecture. You will lead a team of FSAs as they conduct new technology research, analyze market trends, manage customer relationships, and guide Celestica’s design team within the compute / storageing product sector. Your contributions will help influence and execute department and company strategy.

This is a leadership role that requires a broad understanding of a mix of hardware and software/firmware, mechanical, thermal, layout, SI, and test teams in the context of system architecture. It is essential to effectively align with the R&D team and possess customer-facing experience interacting with architects and R&D professionals from OEM and Hyperscalar market segments. A strong knowledge of compute / storage product design across various market segments, including enterprise access, data center infrastructure, and Telco data communications, is required. You should be experienced in the implementation considerations and trade-offs between cost-effective lower-end systems and complex modular high-performance compute / storage chassis systems. Your technical knowledge and leadership skills will help plan and direct the roadmap for the department in alignment with broader company goals.

Key Responsibilities

Lead a team to define complex compute / storage platform solutions and lead a multi-disciplined team to bring to implementation. Extensive and focused engagement through EVT, phasing out thereafter. Ensure overall design quality metrics are met.

Define goals and objectives of the team within a broader collaborative environment between Technology, Development, and Customer teams.

Develop and maintain close technical relationships with suppliers/partners on product roadmaps and technologies.

Oversee the RFQ technical response process.

Enable the R&D/Design team with deliverables such as system requirements documents (SRD), requirement compliance assessments, and technical proposals.

Act as the primary technical interface between Celestica and our medium to large scale customers, particularly in technical definition and escalation.

Act as spokesperson and technical authority in trade shows, interviews, blogs, and panel appearances. Influences the creation and roadmap of the outreach strategy for the department.

Provide technical support to business development teams to assist in the winning of new business.

Identify and champion process improvement efforts as needed.

Participate in standards committees and industry groups.

Prepare and present technical presentations to customers, industry groups, tradeshows, etc.

Anticipate current industry trends and future technology and market opportunities.

Qualifications

• Exceptional leadership and strategic thinking skills.
• Excellent customer presentation skills. Interface and interact with large OEM and hyperscaler customers on ongoing product related issues and new product design concepts.
• The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual capable of working with a minimum of supervision in a dynamic team environment.
• Good interpersonal skills: be able to communicate effectively with members of other teams, departments and clients; as a high degree of liaison is needed.

Experience

• Experience with relevant leading technologies in compute / storage products including:
  • CPU devices including X86, Atom, Xeon, AMD
  • NPU devices including all Broadcom families (Trident, Tomahawk, Jericho, Ramon), as well as alternative device families such as Cisco, Marvell, or Mellanox are desired
  • High speed design including PCB materials, Serdes technology (112G+), connector, cable, and parasitic challenges in designcompute / storage performance characteristics and related device optimization features
  • Power devices including multi‑stage and near load delivery
  • Advanced assembly techniques / challenges affecting design
  • Optics devices and technology – trade‑offs and trends
  • Mechanical design challenges/flexibility as it impacts architecture
• Minimum of 15 years' relevant hardware design experience at the system level (compute / storage, server, storage, compute).
• Successful experience architecting and delivering compute / storage products to market.
• Prior participation in industry groups and associations is required.
• System level integration, interoperability and test experience is required.
• System level manufacturing test experience is required.

Knowledge

• A broad knowledge of current digital and analogue components.

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 are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc).

International travel required, approximately 4-6 trips per year.

Domestic travel to support customer and internal meetings as required.

Typical Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering required; MSEE preferred.

Equal Opportunity Information

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.

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.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.