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About the Role

Senior commodity engineer with extensive experience in managing electronic component quality. This role involves working directly with suppliers to drive quality improvement, conducting technical evaluations, and performing component specification reviews to reduce costs and alleviate shortages.

Responsibilities

Documents, maintains, and improves implementation of processes.
Provides advanced technical expertise for production or customer-identified material problems.
Maintains quality of materials to ensure cost and delivery targets are met.
Visits suppliers to evaluate their process controls and reliability programs.
Provides quality and reliability performance data to suppliers and internal management team.
Performs supplier assessments/risk analysis and makes recommendations regarding supplier selection.
Works with suppliers to improve overall yield of assemblies and quality of materials.
Gathers, analyzes, sorts, and distributes data to understand and solve quality issues.
Utilizes quality tools and team problem-solving methods to drive root cause analysis of problems and implement improvements.
Performs supplier audits and qualifications working closely with commodity management to determine supplier strategies and development of the preferred supplier list.

Requirements

Extensive experience in managing electronic component quality.
Experience working directly with suppliers to drive quality improvement activities through defect monitoring/reporting, corrective action processes, and supplier audits.
Electronic component technical expertise required to interface with customers and suppliers on deep technical quality issues.
Ability to perform component specification reviews to determine viability of alternate parts/components to drive cost reductions and alleviate shortage situations.
May influence others outside of team to ensure goals are met and resolves conflicts in an effective manner.
Receives guidance primarily on unique, unusual, or controversial problems or questions.
May lead a work group or project team consisting of one or more support staff and/or tech/professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialty.
Seeks out new avenues for building internal and external relationships; maintains contacts with existing relationships.
Experience and knowledge of ISO 9001, TS16949, ISO 13485 compliance standards.

Skills

Engineering Foundation Competencies In Electrical/Electronics Engineering
In-depth knowledge of electronic/electrical commodities such as optical transceivers, resistors, inductors, logic ICs, memory ICs
In-depth experience of electronic component specification review and recommendation of alternate sources
Solid understanding of contract manufacturing processes
In-depth knowledge of industry and quality standards and SPC methodologies.
Knowledge of design engineering (e.g., analog circuit design, digital circuit design, digital integrated circuit design, etc.) for systems and printed circuit boards.
Excellent supplier contact, negotiation and problem resolution skills.
Good presentation, database management and computer skills.
Strong knowledge of statistical process control methods and techniques.
Ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems.
Ability to evaluate materials, gather and analyze data and determine root cause of problems.
Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and coordinate multiple, changing deadlines.
Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external customers.
Strong supplier management skills and audit experience.

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

Senior
Six to eight years relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Electrical Engineering background would be an asset.

Salary/Compensations

$105,000-$155,000

Benefits

A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.