Req ID: 125138 Remote Position: Yes Region: Americas Country: USA **General Overview** **Job Title:** Senior Manager, Systems/Applications Design **Functional Area:** Engineering (ENG) **Career Stream:** Design Engineering Systems/Applications (DSA) **Role:** Senior Manager (SMG) **Job Code:** SMG-ENG-DSA **Job Band:** 11 **Direct/Indirect Indicator:** Indirect **Summary** Systems & Applications Design is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that works with cross functional teams of other engineers, customers, supply chain and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. The Senior Manager, Systems/Applications Engineering is responsible for leading and managing the employees who design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their life cycles. They are engineering leads engaged in issues such as requirements engineering, reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, testing and evaluation, maintainability and many other disciplines necessary for successful system design, development, implementation, and ultimate decommission. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations. **Detailed Description** Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following: + Lead the design, development and implementation of technical solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling. + Takes responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.) + Review and interpret customer specifications and may act as primary customer contact. + Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develop deployment strategies and plans. + Lead the deployment of strategic technologies/programs and coordinate global deployment efforts. + May manage relationships with key vendors/partners. + Research systems ideas and draw up plans for these systems + Design, modify and implement systems that meet customer and Celestica needs. E.g. Architecture of solution: Divide up tasks for various engineering teams to execute taking into consideration requirements engineering, reliability, logistics, coordination of different teams, testing and evaluation, maintainability and many other disciplines necessary for successful system design and field support. + Test, simulate and measure (including troubleshooting) the performance of systems + Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations + Solve complex problems + Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams. + Analyze and interpret data and information + Recommend system modifications + Create reports and documentation + Set yearly plans and goals for the department, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback. Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators. **Knowledge/Skills/Competencies** Refer to technical skills below **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. + Occasional travel may be required. **Typical Experience** + 11 to 14 years **Typical Education** Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational Requirements may vary by Geography **Notes** This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Celestica’s policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law. This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast. **COMPANY OVERVIEW:** Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers. Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted. Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.