Principal, Design Engineering

Celestica; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Principal, Design Engineering to architect and implement power system solutions for networking, storage and server products. You will lead multi-domain hardware designs, coordinating with software/firmware, mechanical and thermal teams to deliver robust power delivery across datacenter platforms.

You will drive architecture from rack-level power distribution to board-level POL solutions, ensuring power, thermal and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven engineering design experience in compute/storage/network products.
• Knowledge of AI products and GPU servers is a strong plus.
• Experience with OSFP/QSFP networking design equipment and testing is a plus.
• Design experience with DDR5, 100GbE or faster Ethernet, PCIe Gen5 or above, 56G SERDES is a plus.
• Strong organizational, planning, and program management skills.
• Experience in a customer-facing environment is desired.
• International culture awareness and ability to collaborate in a global team.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and implementation of solutions for complex projects across multiple domains.
• Provide technical leadership to engineers and act as a go-to expert.
• Oversee non-technical elements of projects (people, budgets, schedules).
• Review customer requirements and act as primary customer contact when needed.
• Analyze trade-offs and develop deployment strategies for complex systems.
• Lead deployment of strategic programs and coordinate site-wide efforts.
• Liaise with vendors, partners, customers and internal teams.

Skills

Engineering design

AI/GPU knowledge

High-speed networking

DDR5/PCIe SerDes

Program management

Customer facing

International collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Region: Americas

Country: USA

State/Province: Texas

City: Austin

Summary

The Principal, Design Engineering will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and supporting power system solutions for Networking, storage & server systems and related products. In this position you will help develop hardware solutions to be integrated into common platform designs including processors, high speed serial interfaces, NPUs, FPGAs, High speed memory (DDR4/DDR5) and high-speed PCB layout. You will work with design, software/firmware, mechanical and thermal engineers. You will drive system architecture of multi-tiered power network design from rack level power distribution down to the board level POL solution. The successful candidate will work across disciplines to assure power supply designs meet the power, thermal, and safety requirements of the system specification. You will work closely with Celestica multi-disciplinary engineering and manufacturing teams to understand the system requirements and contribute or lead the specification, design, and debug of complex power delivery systems for datacenter products.

Detailed Description

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

• Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling. .
• Provide technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers. May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas
• Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.).
• Review and interpret customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract.
• Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develops deployment strategies and plans.
• Lead the deployment of strategic complex programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Research systems ideas and will draw up plans for these systems
• Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer and Celestica needs.
• Create designs in line with Celesticas procedures, regulations and customer standards
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
• Solve complex problems
• Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
• Recommend system modifications

Electrical

• Creation of Schematics, Bills of material, diagrams, drawings, etc.
• Analyzing and interpreting data and information
• Creating reports and documentation

Technical Capabilities

• Strong engineering design experience in the field of Compute, Storage, or Network products required
• Knowledge of AI products, GPU servers is a strong plus
• Experience with high speed OSFP/QSFP networking design equipment and testing is a plus
• Experience in very high speed digital hardware design and development and understanding of complex concepts related to architecture, design engineering, reliability, prototyping and failure analysis requiredDesign experience with DDR5, 100GbE or faster Ethernet, PCIe Gen5 or above, 56G SERDES, or similar interfaces is a plus
• Strong organizational, planning, and program management skills required
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards required
• Experience in a “customer facing” environment desired
• Excellent multi-tasking and problem-solving skills desired
• Strong oral and written communication skills required
• International culture awareness, ability to communicate and collaborate within global team desired

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

• 15+ years of related experience;Experience in similar job roles

Typical Education

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

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 (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.