Student Intern, Robotic Process Automation Developer (IT)

16 Month Internship

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) is a US$7.9 billion global leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions. We bring global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from the drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services. Through our unrivalled customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise, healthtech, industrial, capital equipment, and smart energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges.

Celestica is a high-integrity work environment and when you join Celestica you are a part of a leading global company that enables the world’s best brands, and contributes to our innovative and collaborative solutions that help our customers unlock the potential of the future. 
 
Our global network spans 15 countries with 26,000 employees across the Americas, Europe and Asia. At our Toronto headquarters, we are focused on attracting top talent into our organization, including interns from universities and colleges.  
 
Celestica's internship program provides students with valuable development through real-life work experience, exciting projects and networking with industry professionals.

Benefits for Students Include:

• Experience working for one of the largest Canadian global technology companies
• Possibility of a student on-call 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 – 16 paid hours off to volunteer per year
• Fun intern activities including celebration events and networking
• Internal recognition programs and rewards for stellar performance
• Discounted Goodlife Fitness memberships

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, empowered 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: Our students have the opportunity to network and develop lasting relationships with the intern community and their team members
• 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:

A new generation robotic process automation (RPA) technology now exists that will enable us to explore and drive efficiencies across the enterprise. The Process Automation Delivery Team operates within our organization to drive this new generation technology while working closely with Global Process streams and owners to maximize our capability and generate continuous improvement. This role is a part of the Process Automation Delivery Team and will be responsible for supporting new funnel requirements, completing the development workload, working with other regions and engaging the stakeholders through the development lifecycle. Included in this role will be supporting the configuration and roll-out of the tool and process.

Preferred Skills:

• Some development or programming experience in any of the following: Java, Python, SQL, etc, would be considered an asset
• Basic knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle concepts
• Strong analytical skills
• Desire to make a difference and solve problems
• Ability to learn in a fast-paced environment is critical, as the role is expected to comprehend and transform existing business processes into automated solutions within short timeframes.
• Passion for process optimization and continuous improvement.
• Good database management and computer skills
• Ability to manage multiple, detailed projects to a successful end while working under tight time deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal clients
• Good working knowledge of the principles and philosophies of total quality management and high performance work systems
• Demonstrates a keen desire to continually learn and grow. Motivated by successes
• Has a strong sense of loyalty to the organization and its overall success
• Broad understanding of global business environment
• Working knowledge of e-Business processes, applications and system integration
• Working knowledge of IT concepts and integrated business applications
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Activities:

• Developing and\or enhancing RPA solutions

• Assisting in the gathering of requirements for new process automations - includes collecting and analyzing existing documentation, reviewing with Subject Matter Experts & writing specification documents

• Working with other team(s) in system troubleshooting of the application and automation problems

• Testing of new releases of the automations for production environment

• Support stakeholder relationships and effectively obtain information from stakeholders to document requirements

• Liaise with stakeholders globally and accurately capture the information provided in a format stakeholders can understand

• Interacting with subject matter experts (SMEs) from all areas of the organization, this role must document solutions prior to build, creating transparency and adhering to audit controls in a highly scrutinized environment

• Operating within a team environment, this role works closely with local and international counterparts to share knowledge

• Automate existing processes using RPA software

• Fine tune performance and operation issues that arise with RPA Bots

• Function as integrator between business needs and technology solutions, helping to create technology solutions to meet clients’ business needs

• Candidate must be able to follow RPA configuration best practices, configure new RPA processes and objects using core workflow principles that are efficient, well structured, maintainable and easy to understand

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.

Education:

• Currently enrolled in a Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent University program completing 3rd of a 4-year program or 4th of 5-year program of study and eligible for an internship program.

Additional Details:

Area: Information Technology 

Start Date: May 2025

Location: 5140 Yonge Street, North York, ON

Vacancies: 1

Experience: No formal experience is expected but would be considered an asset.

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.