Senior Director, Design Engineering – AI/ML System Architect

Celestica

Senior Director Engineer defining architecture for AI systems and leading technology research at Celestica. Collaborating with global teams to deliver innovative AI/ML infrastructure solutions.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define Complex AI/ML infrastructure platform solutions and lead a multi-disciplined team to bring to implementation
Extensive and focused engagement through EVT, phasing out thereafter
Ensure overall design quality metrics are met
Develop and maintain close technical relationships with suppliers/partners on product roadmaps and technologies
Lead RFQ technical responses and Celestica platform concept development efforts as appropriate
Provide effective trade-off analysis and competitive guidance to engineering teams and customers
Deliverables include System Requirements Documents (SRD), requirement compliance assessments, and Technical proposals
Act as a primary technical interface between Celestica and our customers, particularly in technical escalation
Provide technical support to business development teams to assist in the winning of new business
Participate in the selection and hiring of design team resources as required
Identify and Champion process improvement efforts as needed
Participate in standards committees and industry groups as assigned
Prepare and present technical presentations to customers, industry groups, tradeshows, etc.
Maintain current on industry trends and future technology and market opportunities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 15 years Server and/or AI/ML accelerator hardware design experience
Minimum of 5 years of AI Infrastructure system design experience
Experience with Nvidia, AMD, Intel, or other modern GPU accelerators and support systems
A broad knowledge of current digital and analogue components
Successful New Product Introduction (NPI) launch
Extensive knowledge of system level power, cooling, mechanical, SW/FW and electrical design integration and engineering trade-offs
Prior participation in industry groups and associations is desired
System level integration, interoperability and test experience is desired
System level manufacturing test experience is desired

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Remote work options
Professional development opportunities
International travel opportunities
Employee engagement activities

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI infrastructure designML infrastructure designServer hardware designNvidia GPUAMD GPUIntel GPUdigital componentsanalogue componentssystem level integrationNew Product Introduction (NPI)

Soft Skills

leadershiptechnical communicationtrade-off analysisprocess improvementteam collaborationcustomer engagementtechnical supportpresentation skillsrelationship managementproblem-solving