Student Intern, Mechanical Engineering

Req ID: 133435
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: California
City: San Jose

Summer Internship

Celestica is a global electronics manufacturing services company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with over 28,000 employees across 40 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Working with the world's leading technology companies across a broad range of industries, Celestica delivers a full suite of services - from design and engineering, to manufacturing and supply chain management - to help its customers develop and manufacture products that are transforming the global economy. These products span key areas such as data centre technology, green energy, healthtech, and autonomous vehicles.

Working at Celestica is more than a job. It's about being part of something bigger and shaping the future with your work. You'll take on exciting and challenging projects, get hands-on experience, collaborate with a global team, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry. And just as we aspire to imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers, we're just as committed to delivering the best employee experience.

Benefits for Students Include:

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  Experience working for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies
  
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  Possibility of a student casual contract position after completion of internship
  
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  Possibility of a full-time position after completion of degree
  
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  Access to Celestica's development programs and projects
  
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  Celestica's Time Off to Volunteer program - two paid days off to volunteer per year
  
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  Fun intern activities including celebration events and networking
  
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  Internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance
  

What's in it for you?

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  Opportunity: Job experience at a large Canadian-based global company
  
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  Innovation: We look to our employees to implement new ideas and improve the way we do things
  
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  Collaboration: Students work as part of global teams, enabled by collaborative technology
  
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  Sustainability: We uphold strong ethics, reduce our impact on the environment and empower employees to give back to the community with two paid days off per year to volunteer
  
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  Development opportunities: including soft skills courses, innovation projects and mentorship
  
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  Networking: Strategically build your professional network to advance your career and deepen relationships across your peers and colleagues.
  
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  Fun: Our interns have the opportunity to participate in fun activities including intern social events, Celestica's charitable initiatives and our Spirit Week activities
  

About this opportunity:

They get exposed and engaged to product development, from concept to prototype and release to production.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of heat transfer, mechanical design (Creo, Solidworks)
• Ability to learn new tools in design and testing
• Capability to effectively work cross-functionally
• Excellent time management
• Ability to work well in a team environment
• Excellent analytical, report writing and problem solving skills
• Read and understand engineering drawings
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Activities and Highlights:

Activities:

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  Help with design, work with experts in the field, help in testing, documenting test results
  
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  Interns will engage in frequent hands-on lab work, including the operation of power tools (such as drills, dremels, etc).
  

Key highlights of role:

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  Exposed to product definition and development for Hyperscale products
  
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  Exposed to full life cycle of product development in Networking, storage and servers
  
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  Expose to high end thermal design from air cooling to liquid cooling
  

Physical Demands, duties of this position are varied and will include:

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  Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
  
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  Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
  
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  Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
  

Additional Details:

Area: Engineering
Start Date: May 2026
Location: San Jose, California
Vacancies: 1
Experience: No formal experience is required
Education: Enrolled in a Mechanical Engineering Program

To apply, please visit . Please provide a copy of your transcript with your application. Please include your student email address in your application.

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.

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.