About the Role
This position will serve as a technical lead in hardware design, development, and implementation of technical solutions for AI data center solutions. The role involves being the lead technical contact for customer-specific designs from proposal to implementation, driving strategies, recommending best practices, and creating unique solutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the ideation and concept design of next-generation hardware architectures for high-performance AI data center solutions.
- Architect complex, high-quality hardware systems and provide strategic direction for AI data center planning and design.
- Collaborate with cross-functional technology leads and product managers to define a technology roadmap prioritizing innovation in datacenter solutions.
- Analyze compute industry trends and partner with senior leadership to drive the strategic direction for innovative technology initiatives.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) sharing knowledge on industry trends and mentoring teams across Hardware Product Solutions (HPS).
- Select key components to optimize design and cost efficiency for successful market adoption.
- Review and analyze new technologies, summarizing results for presentation to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Engage with strategic customers to understand their specific problems and provide technical solutions aligned with hardware product designs.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in hardware design and technical leadership.
- Deep expertise in compute hardware architectures, including datacenter, telecommunications, enterprise, and service provider environments.
- Advanced proficiency in compute components, protocols, and high-speed interfaces.
- Hands-on technical mastery of AMD/Intel GPUs, Broadcom Ethernet Switches, x86 architectures, and storage technologies (HDDs, SSDs, SAS/SATA, PCIe, CXL).
- Extensive experience in comprehensive rack-level system design and integration.
- Demonstrated ability to lead product concepts from architecture, through prototyping, system evaluation, to product release.
- Skilled in developing architectural specifications that drive high-quality hardware product development.
- Strong command of hardware security protocols and protection elements.
- Exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills, with a proven track record of analytical problem-solving and customer-centric service.
- Deep understanding of high-power, density-constrained designs, specifically for GPU systems with power requirements in the 4-5 kW range.
- Expertise in data center designs with full liquid cooling requirements.
Skills
- Hardware design
- Technical leadership
- Compute hardware architectures
- Datacenter solutions
- Telecommunications
- Enterprise environments
- Service provider environments
- Compute components
- Protocols
- High-speed interfaces
- AMD/Intel GPUs
- Broadcom Ethernet Switches
- x86 architectures
- Storage technologies (HDDs, SSDs, SAS/SATA, PCIe, CXL)
- Rack-level system design
- System integration
- Product concept leadership
- Architectural specifications
- Hardware security protocols
- Protection elements
- Interpersonal skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical problem-solving
- Customer-centric service
- High-power designs
- Density-constrained designs
- GPU systems
- Liquid cooling
Location
- Austin, Texas, USA
Work Type
- Office environment
- Occasional domestic and international travel
Experience Level
- 10+ years of progressive experience in hardware design and technical leadership
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
About the Company
- Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands through its recognized customer-centric approach.
- The company partners 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.
- Celestica has talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia.
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.
