Celestica

Senior Principal, Design Engineer

Celestica

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: San JoseCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $270,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Lead the hands-on design and coding of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures and agentic workflows.
  • Build systems that allow hardware engineers to "query" complex design rules and legacy data with high accuracy.
  • Write custom Python scripts and parsers to extract structured intelligence from diverse sources, including PDF datasheets and EDA output files.
  • Execute fine-tuning runs for foundation models (e.g., Gemini/Vertex AI) using proprietary historical data.
  • Develop capabilities for AI to interpret visual engineering data to automate technical documentation and manuals.
  • Implement "Shift-Left" algorithms that utilize historical yield and manufacturing data to predict potential defects.
  • Build and optimize the vectorization pipeline (using Pinecone, Milvus, or similar).
  • Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for AI/ML within the engineering organization and manage relationships with key AI research partners.

Requirements

  • 10 to 15+ years of related experience
  • Bachelor of Engineering (EE/ Computer Science/ Computer Engineering) or strong portfolio of technical leadership
  • Strong evidence of building and deploying AI-powered applications
  • Ability to write clean, scalable, and efficient Python code
  • Ability to extract signals from unstructured data, including complex technical PDFs and log files
  • Demonstrated ability to turn user requirements into functional AI features
  • Interest in PCBs, schematics, and manufacturing processes (good-to-have)
  • Experience with Google Vertex AI or similar enterprise platforms (good-to-have)
  • Background in Complex Systems, experience in datacenter solutions for Hyperscalers (good-to-have)
  • MS or PhD in a relevant field (EE, Computer engineering, Computer Science) (good-to-have)
Benefits
  • Comprehensive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
PythonRAG architecturesAI-powered applicationsfine-tuningvectorization pipelineShift-Left algorithmsdata extractioncustom scriptstechnical documentationmachine learning
Soft Skills
technical leadershiprelationship managementproblem-solvinguser requirement analysiscommunication
Certifications
Bachelor of EngineeringMSPhD