Senior Staff Engineer, Electrical Design

Req ID: 131212
Region: Americas
Country: USA
State/Province: Minnesota
City: Maple Grove

Summary

The Senior Staff Engineer, Electrical Design develops new electrical systems/circuits for various products. Researches system ideas and draw up plans for these systems, capturing them in specifications and detailed designs. Plan, simulate, test, validate and qualify their designs and make adjustments as needed. Provide support throughout the manufacturing of the electrical products they have designed. This engineer works in global cross-functional teams with customers, other designers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high-quality product development. The position is part of a global engineering services organization, with local leadership and integration with an expansive network of engineers. Activity will include direct onsite development and delivery, and support of project opportunities connected to the extended network of global sites.

Experience with the relevant product technologies and development processes in the Aerospace and Defense segment are an important asset. Celestica's broad customer base will also provide opportunities to lead or support test development projects for customers in other end markets such as Industrial, Smart Energy, and Healthtech.

Detailed Description

This team member is part of a global design and development engineering organization, and they will interface regularly with other local and regional teams to deliver best-in-class engineering solutions.

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

• Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions in multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers. Must be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas
• Review, interpret and negotiate customer requirements/specifications and provide customer feedback
• Lead the deployment of strategic programs and coordinate site-wide deployment efforts.
• Proactively promote industry best practices
• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer and Celestica needs. E.g. creation of Schematics, Bills of material, diagrams, drawings, etc.
• Testing, simulation and measuring (including troubleshooting) the performance of systems
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
• Solve complex problems
• Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
• Analyze and interpret data and information
• Recommend modifications for systems
• Create reports and documentation
• May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas.
• Must effectively mentor junior level engineers.
• Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Enabling Competencies:

• Project Management - Ability to manage/lead complex, multiple line engineering projects that may also involve other functions. Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical, financial and people aspects of the project. Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure that the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget. Ability to recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plan
• Leadership & Mentoring - Demonstrate "People & Team Leadership Behaviors" as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives. Must effectively mentor more junior engineers.
• Financial Acumen / Business Planning - Ability to create financial plans for your projects, align them internally with your line of management and other functions and externally if needed. Create project plans, profitability calculations, risk and sensitivity analysis, able to recognize barriers and mitigate profitability risks.
• Customer Management - This is a customer facing role with high interaction expected with major customers. The ability to communicate complex technical information effectively to customer leadership and engineers is paramount.

Technical Competencies:

• Digital / Logic : EE-Embedded, FPGA, DSP, Static Timing, Tolerance Analysis, EE-Digital, EE-Power Point of Load supplies, EE-Battery, Signal Integrity, Schematic Modeling, Power Integrity, ESD Controls & Standards
• Power: EE-Power System Design, Switching Supply, EE-Point of Load Supplies, EE-Battery, Power Integrity-CoreSim, Tolerance Analysis,
• PCB Layout: Signal Integrity, Schematic Modeling, Cadence, Mentor Xpedition, Mentor PADS, Altium Designer, Other Layout tools, Tolerance Analysis, Power Integrity
• Schematic Design: EE-Digital, EE-Analog, Tolerance Analysis, Static Timing
• Analog: EE-Analog, Tolerance Analysis, RF Design( 20Ghz) RF Design
• RF Design: Low Frequency ( 20Ghz), Signal Integrity, Tolerance Analysis

Required Knowledge:

• Project Quoting: Estimation, Scope of Work Management
• Systems Engineering: V-Model, Architecture, Requirement Decomposition into multiple discipline focus, DFMEA, DFx, Interface Control Documentation
• Standards / Regulatory Compliance: 60601 and 60950 series. 62304 & 13471 understanding a plus
• EMC: System & Board level EMC success with Radiated & Conducted Immunity and Emissions, ESD. Ability to discuss various EMC topics and tradeoffs

Physical Demands

• Project Quoting: Estimation, Scope of Work Management
• Systems Engineering: V-Model, Architecture, Requirement Decomposition into multiple discipline focus, DFMEA, DFx, Interface Control Documentation
• Standards / Regulatory Compliance: 60601 and 60950 series. 62304 & 13471 understanding a plus
• EMC: System & Board level EMC success with Radiated & Conducted Immunity and Emissions, ESD. Ability to discuss various EMC topics and tradeoffs

Typical Experience

• 11 to 14 years

Typical Education

• Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering

Salary Expectation and Benefits Summary

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. Salary Range: $123,500-165,000 Annually

Celestica provides eligible employees (those who are scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week) with a range of benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short and long term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits and a 401k plan with company match.

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.

This location is a US ITAR facility and these positions will involve the release of export controlled goods either directly to employees or through the employee's movement within the facility. As such, Celestica will require necessary information from all applicants upon an applicant's acceptance of employment to determine if any export control exemptions or licenses must be filed.