Principal Mechanical Engineer SME

Celestica International LPRichardson, TX

About The Position

This position is for a Principal Mechanical Engineer SME for Mechanical Concept Development. In this role, you will define the mechanical packaging and architecture of leading and competitive AIRack systems, Compute, and Network systems, engage in new related technology research and study. As a member of the Customer Experience team, you will engage in deeper technical dialog and trade-off analysis with customers and key suppliers. Additionally, the candidate should have working knowledge of the interdependencies from other design disciplines such as compute, connectivity, management, power, and cooling subsystems that impact good mechanical design. 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.

Requirements

  • Working knowledge of the interdependencies from other design disciplines such as compute, connectivity, management, power, and cooling subsystems that impact good mechanical design
  • Min. 10+ years of direct working experiences in electronic product mechanical design, related to compute / networking / rack level product design experience is a MUST
  • Experience with liquid cooling systems, modular chassis and cabled designs
  • Experience with high volume production and high reliability and serviceable products
  • Experience in mechanical design in a multi-disciplinary environment, and multiple type of product development cycles
  • Good knowledge in material property, manufacturing process, tolerance analysis, stress analysis, thermal analysis
  • Deep knowledge of rack structures, MiG, Tig, Welding. Quality inspection of welds
  • Understanding of costs and tooling as well schedules of the process
  • Good knowledge in sheet metal tooling, plastic tooling and die casting tooling
  • Good knowledge in industrial standards and system level environmental compliance
  • Super user of Creo a must
  • Good skills in Microsoft office software
  • Bachelor or master degree in mechanical engineering

Nice To Haves

  • Skills to perform kinematics analysis is a plus
  • Good experience on optical module application is a plus
  • Knowledge of SolidWorks

Responsibilities

  • Define the mechanical packaging and architecture of leading and competitive AIRack systems, Compute, and Network systems
  • Engage in new related technology research and study
  • Engage in deeper technical dialog and trade-off analysis with customers and key suppliers
  • Define Complex AI/ML infrastructure mechanical solutions in support of system design objectives and requirements
  • Develop and maintain close technical relationships with suppliers/partners on product roadmaps and technologies
  • Guide RFQ and Celestica platform mechanical packaging solutions
  • Ability to rapidly develop and evaluate options and concepts for team analysis
  • Provide effective mechanical trade-off analysis and competitive guidance to engineering teams and customers
  • Support System Requirements Documents (SRD) development, requirement compliance assessments, and Technical proposals
  • Act as a primary technical SME to customers on related mechanical topics, concepts, trade-offs, and proposals
  • Identify and resolve cross-functional and cross-discipline architectural issues
  • Identify and Champion process improvement efforts as needed
  • Participate in standards committees and industry groups as assigned
  • Prepare and present technical presentations to customers, industry groups, tradeshows, etc.
  • Maintain current on industry trends and future technology and market opportunities
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