Director, Field System Architect

Celestica; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Field System Architect Director in Austin, TX, to define complex compute/storage platform solutions. You will lead a multi-disciplinary team through EVT and drive design quality, RFQ responses, and blueprints for future products.

This leadership role requires extensive collaboration with OEMs, hyperscalers, and internal R&D teams. Ideal candidates have 15+ years in hardware design at the system level, strong customer interaction skills, and a proven track record of

Qualifications

• Requires extensive leadership and strategic thinking experience.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with OEMs and hyperscalers.
• Proven track record launching new products (NPI).
• Self-motivated with minimal supervision in a dynamic team.
• Strong interpersonal and cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplined team to define compute/storage platform solutions and oversee EVT.
• Set team goals within Technology, Development, and Customer groups.
• Build and maintain supplier/partner tech relationships on roadmaps.
• Oversee RFQ technical responses and ensure design quality metrics.
• Provide SRD, compliance assessments, and technical proposals to R&D/Design teams.
• Interface with Celestica’s medium to large customers for technical definition and escalation.
• Represent Celestica in trade shows and external communications, shaping outreach.
• Support business development with technical input to win new opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and participate in standards groups.
• Prepare technical presentations for customers and industry events.
• Monitor industry trends and future tech opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Customer interaction

NPI launch

Cross-functional team

System architecture

Strategic thinking

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB design knowledge

Serdes design

High-speed design

Job description

Req ID: 137666

Region: Americas

Country: USA

State/Province: Texas

City: Austin

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.

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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.

• Is 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:

Essential Skills:

• 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.

• Successful New Product Introduction (NPI) launch.

• 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.

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 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.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.

Today, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC):

ATS:

This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.

CCS:

This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.

Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.

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.