Student Intern, Engineering

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:

• 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

• 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

• 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:

We are seeking an Engineering Student Intern to join our Data Center Platform Software team for 3 months, working on software for network switches and compute systems. You will help develop and debug BSPs, Linux device drivers, and hardware diagnostics. You will also contribute to operating system development and platform bring-up. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience across the hardware/software stack behind AI and cloud infrastructure.

Preferred Skills:

• Working knowledge of C / C++ / Python

• Understanding of complex systems, computer architecture, and Linux/OS concepts

• Exposure to data structures, algorithms, and inter-process communication mechanisms

• Familiarity with hardware/software integration and development tools such as GNU toolchains 

• Strong written/verbal communication, self-motivation, organization, and eagerness to learn

• Actively involved in engineering or computer science student clubs and campus societies

• Active participation in hackathons, technical design competitions, or representing school in regional events

• Hands-on experience with collaborative coding projects, open-source contributions, or technical research initiatives 

Activities: 

• Develop and debug Board Support Packages (BSPs) for data center network switches and compute systems.

• Write and troubleshoot Linux device drivers to facilitate seamless hardware-software communication.

• Design and execute hardware diagnostics to validate system stability, performance, and hardware integration.

• Participate in platform bring-up, helping initialize and test new hardware alongside the software stack.

• Contribute to operating system development, utilizing core Linux/OS concepts and inter-process communication mechanisms.

• Write system-level code and scripts using C, C++, and Python to solve complex system challenges.

• Collaborate with the Data Center Platform Software team, applying data structures and algorithms to optimize infrastructure for AI and cloud environments.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office with exposure to manufacturing environments.
• 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 are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc).
• Basic manufacturing system knowledge.

Area: Engineering

Start Date: June 2027

Location: Silicon Valley

Vacancies: 3

Experience: No Formal Experience Required.

Education: Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. 

***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.