Senior Director, Engineering Program/Project Management

Celestica International LP • Bothell, WA

7d • Remote

About The Position

HPS (Hardware Platform Solutions), part of Celestica, designs and delivers data center hardware for leading hyperscale and technology customers. The Senior Director serves as the single accountable technical owner of a strategic customer program, from concept through new product introduction (NPI) to volume ramp. This role reports to the VP of Operations Engineering, serves as the customer's primary technical contact, and leads a matrixed program team spanning hardware, software, systems engineering, program management, and new product development. The role also works closely with supplier development, manufacturing, and site NPI teams.

The position owns integrated program delivery and phase-gate governance; establishes the customer engagement cadence; manages escalations; and leads cross-functional teams through design, resource, and schedule decisions. It defines program operating practices, including RACI, decision rights, change control, and reporting. The role brings manufacturing readiness, supplier qualification, material readiness, and line readiness into alignment with the program schedule, and reports program health to senior leaders and the customer.

Success means meeting phase gates and customer milestones on plan, achieving strong first-pass yield at each build, resolving manufacturability and test findings before NPI, keeping program costs on budget, and maintaining high customer satisfaction while resolving escalations quickly. The position is remote in the United States, with travel as necessary.

Requirements

• 15+ years in hardware product development, including 7+ years leading complex technical programs.
• Experience delivering data center, server, storage, or networking hardware for hyperscale or tier-1 OEM customers.
• Proven track record taking products through EVT, DVT, PVT, NPI, and volume ramp in a JDM, ODM, or EMS environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple sites and time zones.
• Strong working knowledge of DFM, DFT, test strategy, and manufacturing process capability.
• Customer-facing experience at senior technical and executive levels.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, or Systems Engineering, or equivalent.
• Ability to work well across North American and Asian teams.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in engineering or an MBA.
• PMP or equivalent certification.
• Experience working with manufacturing partners in Asia.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated program plan, including schedule, milestones, phase gates, budget, and risks, and drive delivery through EVT, DVT, PPVT, PVT, optimization, NPI, and volume ramp to agreed quality, cost, and schedule targets.
• Ensure alignment at phase-gate reviews, establish clear entry and exit criteria, and make go/no-go recommendations.
• Serve as the customer's primary technical contact and set and run the engagement cadence, from weekly technical syncs to quarterly business reviews.
• Own the customer escalation path and resolve issues at the lowest effective level.
• Lead engineering and program teams through a matrix, setting priorities and resolving trade-offs involving design, resources, and schedule.
• Define and apply the program RACI, decision rights, change control, and reporting practices.
• Bring design-for-manufacturability and design-for-test input in early, and confirm test readiness and process capability before each build.
• Align supplier qualification, material readiness, and line readiness with the program schedule.
• Report program health to senior leadership and the customer, and close review actions on time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior