Principal, Design Engineer

About the role

The Principal, Design Engineer researches and develops robust electrical systems and circuits, from initial concept and schematic capture through to system specification and qualification. Working closely with cross-functional teams, customers, and manufacturing partners, they ensure high-quality product development by incorporating feedback from design reviews, simulations, and reliability testing. This role provides end-to-end technical support, overseeing the systems they have designed throughout the entire manufacturing process to ensure all plans meet rigorous performance and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, which includes researching system ideas, analyzing trade-offs, and recommending modifications to ensure all designs meet evolving customer needs and rigorous performance standards.
• Act as a recognized technical expert and "go-to" person for solving complex problems and providing technical oversight throughout the manufacturing process to ensure all designs and processes comply with relevant industry regulations and internal standards.
• Take responsibility for technical project elements, such as resource alignment, project planning, and scheduling, while ensuring the team stays up to date with relevant industry knowledge and technology trends.
• Review and interpret customer requirements and specifications as the primary technical contact, managing strategic relationships with suppliers, contractors, and internal teams to facilitate the successful deployment of complex programs.

Requirements

• Strong engineering background in compute, storage, or network switching products, featuring extensive experience in complex high speed hardware design, architecture, reliability, and failure analysis.
• Demonstrated experience working with high speed interfaces such as DDR5, PCIe 5 or above, 100GbE or faster Ethernet, and 20+ layer count boards.
• Expertise in advanced PCB manufacturing technologies, including sequential lamination, HDI, and ultra low loss materials to support high performance designs.
• Technical expertise in AI products, GPU servers, and Broadcom chip applications, alongside experience with high speed OSFP and QSFP networking design equipment and testing.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into engineering solutions while collaborating effectively within a global environment.
• Proven organizational, technical planning, and program management skills with the ability to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards through advanced problem solving, multi tasking, and excellent oral and written communication skills.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in complex hardware design, including server, storage, or network switching architectures.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.

Skills

• Strong engineering background in compute, storage, or network switching products.
• Experience with high speed interfaces such as DDR5, PCIe 5 or above, 100GbE or faster Ethernet, and 20+ layer count boards.
• Expertise in advanced PCB manufacturing technologies.
• Technical expertise in AI products, GPU servers, and Broadcom chip applications.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into engineering solutions.
• Organizational, technical planning, and program management skills.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Not specified.

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.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.