Student Intern, Automation Support / Development Engineering

16 Month Internship

Celestica is a global electronics manufacturing services company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with over 28,000 employees across 40 sites in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Working with the world’s leading technology companies across a broad range of industries, Celestica delivers a full suite of services – from design and engineering, to manufacturing and supply chain management – to help its customers develop and manufacture products that are transforming the global economy. These products span key areas such as data centre technology, green energy, healthtech, and autonomous vehicles.

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:

Students who excel in this position enjoy working on the hardware-software automation solutions, and are driven by complex problem solving in a fast-paced environment.  The role includes direct involvement with leading edge products, and provides an opportunity to experience all areas of automation development while working within a very experienced group of automation and process engineers.  You should be familiar with most electronic technologies and be able to work with products for the consumer, enterprise, communications, industrial, healthcare and aerospace markets.  A strong programming background (on various software platforms) is an asset.  The ideal candidate is enrolled in an Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics / Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science Program.

Only applicants enrolled in an official co-op/internship program submitting a cover letter, resume, and transcript will be considered for interviews.  

Preferred Skills:

• Candidates must be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel. 

• Additional skills needed are excellent time management, ability to meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment, ability to work effectively autonomously once trained, and must possess excellent analytical, communication, report writing and problem solving skills. 

• Role requires flexibility to work extended hours as per customer needs. 

• Software code design and development 

• Hardware assembly (Hand tools, Power tools, Soldering, etc.) 

• Engineering project development and support 

• Good presentation, database management and computer skills. 

• Exposure to production environment – considered 

• NI LabView – considered 

• Linux environment – considered 

• MS Visual Studio .NET (C#, VB, ASP) – considered 

• Python, Ruby, Java, Perl – considered 

• HTML, XML, CSS, PHP – considered 

• Knowledge of automation solutions - considered

Activities: 

• Works with internal customer focused teams to understand where hardware and/or IoT automation projects can help improve efficiencies, gather appropriate data on requirements and savings in order to justify appropriate ROI and then work with internal and/or external automation solution providers to implement projects in a timely manner. 

• Support development of automation solutions (hardware and software) to improve operational efficiencies. 

• Support development of production automation tools, including robotics, vision systems and software controls 

• Work with a highly experienced engineering team to review and provide input on potential automation projects / designs 

• Implement software & hardware solutions including, HW procurement, integration, qualification and installation support for manufacturing test of electronics (for multiple global sites) 

• Integrate tools and code developed by other internal groups or external customers 

• Debug of solutions using design of experiments, tools, and failure analysis methodologies 

• Support the development and updating of development work instructions 

• Work with suppliers and customers during project execution 

• Improve quality and efficiency within the development process; process optimization 

• Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement. 

• Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the division / department’s operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Works under minimum supervision. 

• Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service. 

• Opportunity to work with customers from various companies and disciplines 

• Critical Requirements: Currently enrolled in a formal University Internship program

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 Details:

Area: Engineering 

Start Date: May 2026

Location: 213 Harry Walker Parkway South, Newmarket

Vacancies: 1

Experience: No Formal Experience Required.

Education: Applicants must be currently enrolled in a formal 16-month University Internship/Co-Op Program and are completing 3rd year of a 4-year Engineering program.

***As this position involves work that is subject to the Canadian Government's Controlled Goods Program (CGP), your employment offer is conditional upon the successful completion of a security assessment by Celestica and/or its authorized agents, per the Controlled Goods Regulations.

To apply, please visit www.celestica.com. Please provide a copy of your transcript with your application. Please include your student email address in your application.