Senior Staff Engineer, Hardware Design
About The Position
The Senior Staff Engineer, Hardware Design collaborates with cross-functional teams—including PCB layout designers, customers, manufacturing engineering, and project leadership—to support robust, high-quality product development. The role incorporates feedback from manufacturing, testing, supply chain, reliability, industrial design, and simulation reviews, and provides ongoing support for the electrical and mechanical systems designed throughout manufacturing. The engineer leads technical solutions for complex, multi-domain projects, provides technical leadership to a sizable engineering team, analyzes complex systems, and recommends solutions. The role also involves reviewing customer requirements, potentially serving as a primary customer contact, managing key vendor relationships, researching system concepts, creating and modifying designs, and ensuring compliance with applicable procedures and standards. The engineer uses CAD software to create and improve PCB designs and participates in planning, scheduling, design reviews, and support from initial design through manufacturing.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
- Expertise in Cadence Allegro and experience with high-density PCBs up to 28 layers and high-speed layout design.
- Strong knowledge of PCB and PCBA manufacturing processes, industry and quality standards including IPC, signal integrity, and EMC/EMI layout requirements.
- Experience in high-speed digital hardware design and development, including an understanding of architecture, reliability, prototyping, and failure analysis.
- Strong organizational, planning, and program management skills.
- Ability to collaborate in a team to meet aggressive deadlines and quality standards.
- Self-motivated and able to work in a dynamic environment with complex design requirements.
- Strong knowledge of IT platforms and database design.
Nice To Haves
- Specific experience with DDR5, 100GbE, PCIe Gen5, and 56G SERDES is highly valued.
- Strong engineering design experience in Compute, Storage, or Network products.
- Knowledge of AI products, GPU servers, and high-speed OSFP/QSFP networking design.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of technical solutions for complex, multi-domain projects, including developing deployment strategies and plans.
- Provide technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers; analyze complex systems and recommend solutions.
- Review and interpret customer requirements and specifications; potentially serve as the primary customer contact and manage relationships with key vendors.
- Research system ideas, create design plans, and modify existing systems to meet customer and Celestica needs.
- Solve complex problems and create designs that follow relevant procedures and standards.
- Create, modify, and improve PCB designs and techniques using CAD software.
- Participate in project planning, scheduling, and design reviews.
- Provide feedback and support to other engineering functions from initial design through manufacturing to resolve issues.
- Maintain current knowledge of relevant industry practices and regulations to support compliant designs and processes.
- Support the electrical and mechanical systems designed throughout the manufacturing process.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
