Student Intern, Software Testing

3 Month Internship

As a global technology leader, Celestica designs, engineers, and manufactures industry-leading products and services that drive customer success and market advancement. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, we bring together over 33,000 employees across more than 45 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. Working with the world’s leading technology companies across a broad range of industries, Celestica helps its customers achieve a competitive advantage. These products span key areas such as data centre technology, aerospace and defense, healthtech, and capital equipment.

Working at Celestica is more than a job. It’s about being part of something bigger and shaping the future with your work. You’ll take on exciting and challenging projects, get hands-on experience, collaborate with a global team, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the industry. And just as we aspire to imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers, we’re just as committed to delivering the best employee experience. 

Benefits for Students Include:

• Experience working for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies

• Possibility of a student casual contract position after completion of internship 

• Possibility of a full-time position after completion of degree 

• Access to Celestica’s development programs and projects

• Celestica's Time Off to Volunteer program – two paid days off to volunteer per year

• Fun intern activities including celebration events and networking

• Internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity: Job experience at a large Canadian-based global company

• Innovation: We look to our employees to implement new ideas and improve the way we do things

• Collaboration: Students work as part of global teams, enabled by collaborative technology

• Sustainability: We uphold strong ethics, reduce our impact on the environment and empower employees to give back to the community with two paid days off per year to volunteer

• Development opportunities: including soft skills courses, innovation projects and mentorship

• Networking: Strategically build your professional network to advance your career and deepen relationships across your peers and colleagues.  

• Fun: Our interns have the opportunity to participate in fun activities including intern social events, Celestica’s charitable initiatives and our Spirit Week activities 

About this opportunity:

As a SystemTest Engineer Intern, you will gain hands-on experience and contribute to test strategies for our AI data center's server infrastructure. This internship offers an opportunity to learn about server architectures and networking, while gaining exposure to the unique performance and reliability demands of AI/ML workloads. The ideal candidate is an eager learner, ready to assist with test automation and collaborate with engineering teams to help deliver robust, high-performing solutions.

Preferred Skills:

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for test automation and data analysis.

• Experience with AI tools such as Gemini Code Assist, Glean, Claude Code or Open AI Codex

• Experience with Linux operating systems (e.g., Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL) and command-line tools.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams.

Activities: 

• Develop tailored test plans and debug data collection, leveraging GenAI

• Assist in defining, developing, and executing test plans for server hardware, firmware, and software components within the AI data center environment.

• Support the development of automated test scripts using languages like Python or Bash to improve test efficiency and coverage.

• Help maintain and set up testbeds and infrastructure for continuous integration and testing.

• Communicate test findings, execution progress, and issues clearly to team members and mentors.

Physical Demands, duties of this position are varied and will include:

• 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.

Additional Information:

Area: Engineering

Start Date: June 2027

Location: Austin Texas

Vacancies: 2

Experience: No Formal Experience Required.

Education: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a field like Engineering or Computer Science 

***As this position involves work that is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), your employment offer is conditional upon the successful completion of a security assessment by Celestica and/or its authorized agents, per the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

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.