Celestica · 1 day ago
Design Engineering Director - Power Infrastructure & Data Center Solutions
Celestica is seeking a highly accomplished Director of Engineering to lead the development of market-focused solutions in Smart Energy. The role involves strategic customer engagement, overseeing engineering design services, and ensuring successful end-to-end solution delivery.
Responsibilities
Driving market expansion and identifying revenue growth opportunities through engineering & technology led initiatives
Develops short- and long-term goals and identifies target customers
Identifies the organization's strengths as well as those of the competitors
Directs engineering design services from customer requirements through product obsolescence
Leads end-to-end engineering solution delivery, encompassing all service offerings: complex product development, commercialization, VAVE, new product introduction, and optimized manufacturing process
Works with potential customers to help define their needs and to present technical proposals to meet those needs
Ensures proposals meet requirements for design profitability, manufacturing profitability, supply chain etc
Directs all of the engineering activities for the segment, product & capability development and customer engagements
Defines the technology vision and develops the team's capabilities and the annual business plan
Interfaces with global design centers to develop complementary services and coordinate capabilities worldwide
Qualification
Required
Over fifteen years of in-depth experience in leading the development and market launch of high-risk, mission-critical, complex electro-mechanical product architectures (ideally depth in power systems)
Demonstrated expertise in communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution in both the technical and commercial domains
At least five years of track record in customer management leadership roles
Extensive knowledge of high-reliability product development processes, lean manufacturing processes, and optimal supply chain management
Ability to think strategically while being able to deep-dive into day-to-day technical and operational issues as needed
Strong analytical skills with the ability to challenge assumptions and make decisions even with limited information
Demonstrated ability to plan and achieve financial performance objectives in both revenue and profit
Strong interpersonal skills coupled with the ability to effectively orchestrate high-stakes developments across a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders
An effective leader, mentor, and motivator capable of inspiring a diverse group of employees and driving high performance in a direct management role and in a matrix organization
Fifteen plus (15+) years' relevant experience
Bachelor's degree in STEM field
Preferred
Advanced technical degree is a plus
Advanced studies in Business/Operations are a plus
Company
Celestica
Celestica is a manufacturing firm that provides design, hardware platform, and supply chain solutions to a multitude of industries.
H1B Sponsorship
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2023 (6)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.47B2024-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $657.67M
2023-06-05Post Ipo Secondary· $148.8M
2021-09-30Post Ipo Debt· $660.4M
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