General Overview

Job Title: Staff Engineer, Electrical Design
Functional Area: Engineering (ENG)
Career Stream: Design Engineering Electrical (DEE)
Role: Staff Engineer (SLE)
Job Code: SEN-ENG-DEE
Job Band: 10
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

The Staff Engineer, Electrical Design develops new electrical systems/circuits for various applications. Research system ideas and draw up plans for these systems, and capture them in schematics and system specifications. Test, simulate, validate and qualify their systems and make adjustments as needed. Provide support throughout the manufacturing of the electrical systems they have designed.
The Staff Engineer, Electrical Design works in cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
Provides technical leadership and direction to a sizable team of engineers. May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas
Takes responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.).
Reviews and interprets customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract.
Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develops deployment strategies and plans.
Leads the deployment of strategic complex programs and coordinates site-wide deployment efforts.
May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer and Celestica needs. E.g. creation of Schematics, Bills of material, diagrams, drawings, etc.
Testing, simulation and measuring (including troubleshooting) the performance of systems
Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
Solve complex problems
Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
Analyze and interpret data and information
Recommend modifications for systems
Create reports, minutes and updates
May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Refer to technical skills below

Physical Demands

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.
Occasional travel may be required.

Typical Experience

7 to 10 years of related experienceExperience in similar job roles

Typical Education

Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

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.

Staff Engineer, Electrical Design

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