Director, Sales Engineering - Compute/AI

Celestica Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking a Director of Sales Engineering in San Jose, CA. The role is focused on providing technical leadership for pre-sales and post-sales activities in the Cloud Datacenter and Enterprise Datacenter Solutions arena. Candidates should have 7 to 12 years of relevant experience, especially in AI and networking solutions. The position requires strong communication skills, leadership capabilities, and the ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic environment. The expected salary range is $158,000 - $214,000 USD/year.

Qualifications

• 7 to 12 years of relevant industry experience, including direct experience in Cloud Datacenter and Enterprise Datacenter Solutions.
• Must have extensive knowledge in networking, server, storage, node and rack level integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the technology evaluation stage of the sales process.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with customers’ technical teams.
• Develop value propositions for business and technical users.

Skills

Experience with AI / ML applications in both enterprise and edge deployments

Domain knowledge in networking for enterprise and AI deployments

Experience with standards, organizations and consortiums of relevant technologies

Understand complex test and development activities

Understand key stages in solution development for complex electronic manufacturing

Effective communication with teams, departments, and customers

Professional communication in written formats

Organizational and analytical abilities

Self-motivated with minimal supervision

Education

B.S in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field

Industry recognized certifications

Job description

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Director, Sales Engineering - Compute/AI

Date: Feb 27, 2026

Location: San Jose, CA, US

Summary

As a Director of Sales Engineering for Celestica, you are the primary technical lead resource for the account management sales force providing both pre-sales and post sales activities leadership for new and existing customers. This may consist of one very large customer or a small number of mid-sized customers.

The Director, Sales Engineering is an individual contributor role with no direct reports. That said, this is a position with expectations of a seasoned candidate with strong leadership skills in assembling and leading cross functional teams made up of people from Celestica’s design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and technical Marketing teams. You will clearly articulate technology and product positioning and develop value propositions for both business and technical users. This is all in support of formulating and presenting complex solutions while working closely with the execution teams as they onboard those solutions.

The Director, Sales Engineer must be able to establish and maintain strong relationships - in particular with customer’s technical and engineering teams - with assigned customers throughout the complete sales cycle and post-sales account support processes.

You are accountable to apply a deep market and technology understanding in the Cloud Datacenter and Enterprise Datacenter Solutions space encompassing networking, server, storage, node and rack level integration. You will lead and manage the technology evaluation stage of the sales process. You will work closely with our sales and business teams to understand our customers’ challenges and assemble specific technical solutions to solve for their needs. Upon award you will also be involved in supporting the transition to implementation at the site as needed.

This positions is best suited for candidates in the Silicon Valley Area

Required Skills

• Experience with AI / ML applications in both enterprise and edge deployments
• Domain knowledge in networking for enterprise and AI deployments
• Experience with standards, organizations and consortiums of relevant technologies is a plus
• Understand complex test and development activities required for the design and manufacturing of electronics including PCBA, node and rack level integration
• Understand the key stages in solution development for complex electronic manufacturing in Joint Development Manufacturing (JDM) projects: EVT, DVT, PVT, production ramp
• Be able to communicate effectively with members of other teams, departments and customers at a high degree of liaison
• Communicate professionally and consultatively in written responses to emails, presentations, proposals and reports
• Be organized and analytical, and able to overcome sales challenges through creative and collaborative approaches
• Be a self-motivated individual capable of working with a minimum of supervision in a dynamic team environment.

Travel Requirements

• Overnight travel within North America (Canada, USA, Mexico) requirements: 25% - 40% depending on location of employee
• International (overseas) travel requirements: approximately 2 to 3 trips per year.

Typical Experience

• 7 to 12 years of relevant industry experience. 7+ of those years being direct experience in Cloud Datacenter and Enterprise Datacenter Solutions encompassing networking, server, storage, node and rack level integration.

Typical Education

• B.S in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field
• Industry recognized certifications is a plus

$158,000 - 214,000 USD/year

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

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Celestica’s policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law.
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.

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.

Nearest Major Market: San Jose Nearest Secondary Market: Palo Alto