Engineer, Program/Project Mgmt - Graduate Development Program

Req ID: 142350 Region: Americas Country: USA State/Province: California City: San Jose Summary

As a global technology leader, Celestica designs, engineers, and manufactures industry-leading products and services that drive customer success and market advancement. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, we bring together over 33,000 employees across more than 45 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. Working with the world’s leading technology companies across a broad range of industries, Celestica helps its customers achieve a competitive advantage. These products span key areas such as data centre technology, aerospace and defense, healthtech, and capital equipment.

Working at Celestica is more than a job. It’s about being part of something bigger and shaping the future with your work. You’ll take on exciting and challenging projects, get hands-on experience, collaborate with a global team, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry. And just as we aspire to imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers, we’re just as committed to delivering the best employee experience.

About this opportunity:

The EGDP program will allow you to work in unique, challenging, and constantly evolving roles critical to our global business. Each rotation will vary in scope, allowing you to showcase your talents to a broad range of colleagues and executives while giving you the experience necessary to thrive in senior roles. You will be able to participate in professional development programs and networking events. You will be supported by a dedicated program manager, peer partner, and executive mentor. After completing the rotations, individuals will build their careers with Celestica in areas of the enterprise where their capabilities can be best leveraged for organizational impact and personal career interest.

Candidates will work under the mentorship of a senior engineer in the following discipline

Product Line Management Engineer: This individual must possess an understanding of Networking, Storage, Server products and rack-scale solutions targeted for AI infrastructure. They will work closely with multiple groups within Celestica to develop and sustain platforms for large Hyperscale, Neo Cloud and Top Enterprise customers.

The ideal candidate has an understanding of hardware and software product management, understands the full product lifecycle (cradle to grave), and has strong program management experience with ongoing parallel projects. The candidate will own all commercial aspects of products and should possess strong analytical abilities and judgment, and be an active contributor in setting up processes to increase the impact of strong product management practices. This opportunity requires excellent business, technical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ownership of commercial deployments of product solutions for networking, storage, and server products

• Keep abreast of new technologies, market trends and customer requirements for networking, storage and server products

• Engage and influence customers

• Engage key organizations within Celestica to drive collaboration of new product solutions, based on customer feedback, supplier technologies and market data

• Create and drive approval on business cases for products going to market, including product pricing

• Track actual performance against business case plan

• Responsible for program execution to schedule and budget for the full product lifecycle

• Oversight of program execution from key organizations (Marketing, Sales, Development, Aftermarket Services, Manufacturing, Quality, Account Mgmt, Pricing/Quoting, Legal, etc.)

• Manage customer sample systems (requirements, management, allocation, recovery, etc.)

• Review/approve engineering change requests from development and customers

• Drive Value Engineering sessions to continuously reduce product costs

• Participate in all phase gate reviews for your products

• Oversight of Product transfers (design and/or manufacturing)

What’s in it for you?

We are looking for candidates who want to build a career and who want to grow as leaders. The EGDP candidates will obtain exposure to senior leaders and gain valuable business experience and organizational breadth while strengthening their leadership capabilities. In addition, you can expect:

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference

• Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment

What you’ll need to succeed:

• BS in Engineering or Computer Science with strong background in business and marketing
• MBA preferred
• Entrepreneurship, positive attitude, ability, desire, and willingness to make an impact
• Excellent interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Ability to adjust communication style based on the audience (from highly detailed to executive summary)
• Strong project management skills and experience, including managing internal and external stakeholders, and multiple launches and projects at once
• Proven success in managing complex and multi-faceted hardware or software product programs with the ability to drive projects through completion
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and ensure deadlines are met and expectations exceeded

Physical Demands, duties of this position are varied and will include:

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

Salary

The stated range includes Base Salary only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but 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: $68,000–$85,000 USD

Additional Details:

Area: Engineering

Start Date: May 2027

Location: 2130 Gold Street, Alviso, California 95002

Vacancies: 1 position

Education: Graduating with Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science in Spring 2027.

What You Need to Apply:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• University Transcript

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.

To apply, please visit www.celestica.com. Please provide a copy of your transcript with your application. Please include your student email address in your application

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, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.

Today, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC):

ATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.

CCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.

Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.

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.