Principal, Design Engineering

Req ID : 124981

Remote Position : Yes

Region : Americas

Country : USA

Summary

This position is for an experienced and innovative Principal Mechanical FEA Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in applying FEA design and lab validation to the development of electronic packages, including AI accelerators / microprocessors, printed circuit boards, sheet metal, polymer components and hardware. Specializing in transient, nonlinear simulations of large, complex assemblies with tools like ANSYS and LS-DYNA. As a member of the Customer Experience team, you will engage in deeper technical dialog and trade-off

analysis with customers, key suppliers and engaging with the ME team on design structure and direction. Additionally, the candidate should have a working knowledge of the interdependencies from other design disciplines such as compute, connectivity, management, power, and cooling subsystems that impact good mechanical design FEA practices.

Detailed Description

Play a critical role in developing highly reliable, cost optimized systems across all platforms in CLS using transient LS-Dyna models to improve shock and vibration response in both shipping and operational environments

Ensured cost effective and reliable microprocessor / accelerator designs for Celestica’s new AI solutions / Storage and Switches, by performing nonlinear finite element analysis of thermal stress and LGA actuation using ANSYS Mechanical.

Validated FEA models and product reliability by performing hands-on strain gauge and accelerometer testing, high-speed data acquisition and in-depth data analysis on electronic packages during shock and vibration testing.

Performed critical FEA modeling for new AI solutions under development and validating new material models and modeling techniques for cryogenic and room-temperature components, while integrating Six Sigma statistical approaches to optimize design accuracy.

Provide effective mechanical FEA analysis and trade-offs and competitive guidance to engineering teams and customers

Led the Celestica FEA team, optimizing workloads, standardizing modeling practices, and facilitating cross-team collaboration with FEA groups across the organization.

Work with the RFQ team on Celestica platforms for L10 / L11 on Designs and Solutions. Showing our FEA capabilities and design quality to customers

Act as a primary technical SME on FEA with customers on related mechanical topics, concepts, trade-offs, and proposals.

Identify and resolve cross-functional and cross-discipline architectural issues

• Participate in standards committees and industry groups as assigned.

Prepare and present technical presentations to customers, industry groups, tradeshows, etc.

Prepare test plans, reports, and technical documentation of project work assigned.

Perform instrumentation planning and test conduct of all Environmental Tests including vibration, mechanical shock, and structural testing

Knowledge of signal processing, data acquisition, field test instrumentation, and structural testing

Knowledge / Skills / Competencies

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, skills to perform kinematics analysis is a plus

Good knowledge in sheet metal tooling, plastic tooling and die casting tooling.

Good knowledge in industrial standards and system level environmental compliance

Good experience on optical module application is a plus.

Good skills with the use of CAD design tools, Pro / Engineer is must

Good skills in Microsoft office software

Good team work attitude, collaboration and communication skills

Business travel possible (include the oversea travel)

Typical Experience

Typical Education

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.

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.

Location : This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast.

COMPANY OVERVIEW :

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.

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.