VAVE Electrical Systems Engineer-Health Tech

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

About Celestica
At Celestica, our people make the difference and fostering an environment that enables our employees to thrive and succeed continues to be one of our strategic priorities. 
Celestica is dedicated to delivering end-to-end product lifecycle solutions to drive our customers’ success. Our growing Diversified Markets organization focuses on applying Celestica's advanced capabilities, knowledgeable people and innovative tools to enable companies in the industrial, aerospace, defense, healthcare, semi-conductor equipment, and smart energy markets with highly complex, mission critical applications to improve their competitive advantage. 

About this opportunity
Celestica has an established Health Technology presence and we are looking to grow our services offering in the design services space. We are currently engaged with several of the top OEM’s in medical devices. We are committed to providing first in class engineering support to our customers through a significant initiative in service level expansion. 
We are looking for leaders who are passionate and results-oriented to be part of our global Diversified Markets organization. If you are a highly motivated individual who likes being at the forefront of product launches and can translate customer challenges into real solutions, this is the opportunity for you.
  
There are many benefits to joining our team, including: 

• Market-competitive total rewards 
• The opportunity to innovate, learn, mentor others and work toward your own vision of career success 
• We are a global leader in the electronics industry; a point of pride with Celestica employees 
• Celestica offers a global, collaborative culture 
• We are focused on sustainability and provide opportunities for employees to give back to the community

Job Overview:   
As a senior electrical systems and applications engineer for our Health Technology team, you will be one of the technical interfaces with our customers and suppliers as you optimize component cost and recommend and implement design changes to optimize the product for manufacturability, testability and cost throughout all stages of the product development lifecycle. 

Detailed Description

Job Overview:   
As a senior electrical systems and applications engineer for our Health Technology team, you will be one of the technical interfaces with our customers and suppliers as you optimize component cost and recommend and implement design changes to optimize the product for manufacturability, testability and cost throughout all stages of the product development lifecycle. 
  
Responsibilities:   

• Apply understanding of component technologies, both passive and active, and key characteristics that drive cost to potential substitution and positioning. 
• Initiate design changes for high efficiency, low cost, high reliability.
• Technical lead between customer engineering team and key engineering suppliers, driving cost takeout and value engineering for medical devices.
• Leading a multi-disciplined team and coordinating efforts to efficiently resolve roadblocks during cost take out exercises. 
• Create and/or manage product level and system level design/redesign for function, cost, reliability.
• Manage product and system level implementation by overseeing execution by Celestica product design partners.
• Understanding ISO 13485 requirements for medical device engineering changes.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• An “out of the box” thinker with a  strong desire to do things differently, challenge the status quo and find creative profitable solutions
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent interpersonal skills - communication, negotiation and problem resolution 
• Excellent project management, presentation, database management and computer skills 
• Strategic mindset with practical orientation
• Ability to simultaneously manage several projects and coordinate multiple deadlines, with prioritization.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a virtual environment.
• A recognized leader with the ability to effectively organize cross-functional teams and manage and motivate others 
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships quickly and effectively with counterparts, leaders, key stakeholders and customers globally. 
• Moderate travel (up to 10%)

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

• Seven to ten years of relevant experience in the design of medical devices and solutions
• Involved in qualification of end units and follow on support of customers during these phases.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment used for electrical medical systems and subassemblies. 
• Strong knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of medical  systems and subassemblies 
• Strong understanding of digital components and key characteristics that allow for substitution.
• Understanding of IEC 60601-1 Electrical Medical Device Safety Standard.
• Understanding of ISO 13485 as it relates to Design Control for medical devices.
• Understanding of Design Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (DFMEA).

Typical Education

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

Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

Salary Range:

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate. Salary Range: $112k-$154k Annually 

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.