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About the Role

The Staff Engineer, Hardware Design CAD works with cross-functional teams to ensure robust and high-quality product development, enhancing designs with feedback from various reviews and providing support throughout the manufacturing process.

Responsibilities

• Execute the layout, routing, and component placement of high-density, multi-layer PCBs using advanced CAD software.
• Route high-speed digital, analog, and mixed-signal circuits while adhering to complex design constraints.
• Collaborate with the Power Design Team to implement and optimize the Power Delivery Network (PDN).
• Work alongside electrical, mechanical, and thermal engineers to optimize board layout.
• Ensure all designs comply with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Testability (DFT) guidelines.
• Generate, review, and manage complete manufacturing release packages.
• Apply deep knowledge of IPC standards and ensure layouts comply with EMI/EMC regulations and safety standards.
• Lead layout design reviews, establish internal best practices, and provide technical guidance to junior designers.
• Actively participate in design reviews and offer technical feedback to develop product requirements.
• Participate in project planning and scheduling, providing input on design issues, quality, and materials.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) principles.
• Familiarity with blind/buried vias, micro-vias, and HDI (High-Density interconnect) technologies.
• Thorough understanding of the PCB fabrication and PCBA assembly processes.
• Strong knowledge of PCB & PCBA manufacturing process.
• Familiar with EMC & EMI layout requirements.
• Able to summarize the layout experience from the customer’s requirements.
• Highly self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple overlapping project schedules in a fast-paced environment.
• 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 are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Skills

• Expert-level proficiency in industry-standard PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro 22.x and up is preferred).
• Excellent knowledge of industry and quality standards, knowledge of IPC standards is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of IT platforms and database design.
• Strong communication skills for interacting with customers, vendors, and internal teams.

Location

• Austin, Texas, USA

Work Type

• Onsite

Experience Level

• 10+ years of dedicated experience in PCB layout and design, specifically with complex enterprise, high-performance data storage, networking infrastructure, or server and telecommunications hardware.

Education Level

• Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field (or equivalent extensive industry experience).

About the Company

• Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands through a recognized customer-centric approach, partnering 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.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.