Staff Engineer, Hardware Design

Celestica Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Staff Engineer, Hardware Design in Austin to lead the development of advanced electrical systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, customers, and leadership to design, test, and qualify robust hardware suitable for production.

The role requires extensive experience in high-speed digital hardware, system architecture, and strong leadership. Travel may be required as part of deployment and vendor coordination.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Hardware Design or Electrical Engineering.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Proven experience leading large engineering teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of hardware solutions for complex projects across domains.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to engineers, acting as SME in key areas.
• Coordinate non-technical aspects like team logistics and budgeting.
• Review customer requirements and serve as primary customer contact.
• Analyze trade-offs, develop deployment plans and strategies.
• Oversee program deployments and site-wide rollout efforts.
• Manage relationships with vendors, partners, and contractors.
• Research ideas, draw plans, and design systems meeting customer and Celestica needs.
• Ensure designs comply with Celestica procedures, regulations, and customer standards.
• Maintain current industry knowledge and solve complex technical problems.

Skills

High-speed digital hardware

OSFP/QSFP networking

DDR5, PCIe Gen5 interfaces

System architecture leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Project leadership

Job description

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Staff Engineer, Hardware Design

Date: Oct 22, 2026

Location: Austin, TX, US

Summary

The Staff Engineer, Hardware Design (Electrical Engineering) collaborates with cross-functional teams, customers, and project leadership to develop, test, and qualify robust new electrical systems. In this role, you will research system ideas, capture them in schematics, and continuously enhance your designs using feedback from manufacturing, testing, and supply chain reviews to provide end-to-end support throughout production.

Detailed Description

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects involving multiple domains, and participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers, acting as a recognized subject matter expert in one or more technical areas.
• Take responsibility for the non-technical elements of an engineering project (e.g., team coordination, financials).
• Review and interpret customer requirements and specifications, acting as the primary customer contact.
• Analyze trade-offs in complex systems, recommend solutions, and develop deployment strategies and plans.
• Lead the deployment of strategic, complex programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
• Manage relationships with key vendors, partners, suppliers, and contractors.
• Research system ideas, draw up plans, and design, modify, and implement systems that meet both customer and Celestica's needs.
• Ensure all designs align with Celestica's procedures, industry regulations, and customer standards.
• Maintain up-to-date industry knowledge and solve complex technical problems.

Electrical-Specific Duties: Create schematics, Bills of Materials, diagrams, and drawings; analyze and interpret data; and generate comprehensive reports and documentation.

Technical Capabilities

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

Typical Experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Hardware Design, Electrical Engineering, or similar roles.

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and professional work experience.

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.

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.
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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.
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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.

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